[whatwg] relationship between Document and HTMLDocument

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011, David Flanagan wrote:
> 
> The HTMLDocument interface object is current (at least in FF, and per 
> the WebIDL spec) non-enumerable.  It doesn't show up in for/in loops on 
> the window.  If the HTML spec were to add an attribute to the Window 
> object to define the HTMLDocument property, WebIDL would make that 
> property enumerable. It would also change from a data property to an 
> accessor property.

Ah, ok.

Well in any case the goal is to be backwards-compatible with legacy 
content, while moving us to a world where HTML and SVG can coexist in the 
same document and access their respective Document-level APIs. Whatever it 
takes to do that is whatever we'll have to do. Might well involve WebIDL 
changes, or HTML spec changes, or whatnot.

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