[whatwg] Preventing nested click() calls
Erik Arvidsson
erik.arvidsson at gmail.com
Fri Mar 14 11:04:19 PDT 2008
To me it just seems wrong to prevent this. This is in theory no
different than a recursive call and just like recursion it can end up
in an infinite loop. Having a limit seems OK since most JavaScript
engines already have a limit on the size of the call stack.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:54, Anne van Kesteren <annevk at opera.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:49:21 +0100, Antti Koivisto <antti at apple.com> wrote:
>
> > WebKit, Firefox and IE all implement a protection mechanism against
> re-entering click() on the same element:
> >
> > <input type="checkbox" onclick="this.click()">
> >
>
> Opera had the same restriction. We now limit it at 50 or so... I think
> we're fine either way though.
>
>
> --
> Anne van Kesteren
> <http://annevankesteren.nl/>
> <http://www.opera.com/>
>
--
erik
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