772526 - Consider removing the content attribute when setting a reflecting IDL attribute to null

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[:Ms2ger (he/him; ⌚ UTC+1/+2)]

See discussion at <https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17283> and <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Jul/0048.html>.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

jst, sicking, thoughts?

Comment 2

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

I'm not strictly opposed here, but this is pretty fundamental stuff with a long history of current behavior, and changing this in any way is likely to break *some* sites. Question is of course how many *some* is.

Comment 3

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

Maybe create a pref for it so we can test but easily ask people to flip it back to see if this is what is causing breakage.

Comment 4

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven’t been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

If you have questions, please contact :mdaly.

Comment 5

[Anne (:annevk)]

This did not end up being a thing.