295677 - uncaught exception with range.commonAncestorContainer in this case with removed nodes

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

With the upcoming testcase, I get this js error in the console:
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code:
0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMRange.commonAncestorContainer]"  nsresult:
"0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/mw22/Bureaublad/x.htm :: <TOP_LEVEL> ::
line 13"  data: no]

I would have expect an alert box with the text "two".

Comment 1

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 2

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

You remove the boundary points of the range from the document, and then expect
to find some common ancestor container?  The removed nodes have no relation to
each other, either.  INVALID.

Comment 3

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

I filed this bug based on this discussion:
http://groups.google.nl/group/netscape.public.mozilla.dom/browse_thread/thread/ea74d4ca38fec8c8/47fbdddff8273ebc?q=range&rnum=3&hl=nl

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Yep.  This is a valid bug report.  Please read the code and the spec again
carefully, Alex.

Comment 5

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

It should fail on the first SetXXX() call, since the nodes aren't in a Document, DocumentFragment, or Attr node. So this is a bug, but not quite the reported one.

Comment 6

[Aryeh Gregor (:ayg) (no longer with Mozilla)]

It alerts "two" for me now.  This should be tested, though.