Re: [whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-boun...@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Boris Zbarsky > What was the outcome of the discussions about possibly having "interface > console" and having all the methods be statics? Another good question which we should probably resolve ASAP. It does indeed change the

Re: [whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

On 2/8/16 6:25 PM, Domenic Denicola wrote: So I think the plan of record is: `attribute any console`, with prose describing how the getter returns "the window's console object" which is initially set to a new instance of Console, but the setter can change it to any value. What was the

Re: [whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

On 2/8/16 9:31 PM, Domenic Denicola wrote: and Firefox used to do this but backed it out. Just for the record, Firefox used to do it back before we had a Web IDL implementation of console at all. At the time it was a giant injected-into-the-page hack, and the particular way it was injected

Re: [whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

From: Domenic Denicola > So I think the plan of record is: `attribute any console`, with prose > describing > how the getter returns "the window's console object" which is initially set to > a new instance of Console, but the setter can change it to any value. This > means accessor descriptors

[whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

As you may know, we now have a standard for the console object: http://console.spec.whatwg.org/ One of the first issues we encountered while investigating console behavior is https://github.com/whatwg/console/issues/1, which is that browsers currently allow setting `window.console` (and

Re: [whatwg] Opinions on window.console = "foo", and other oddities of window.console

The test harnesses used by the working group which I chair rely on being able to replace window.console. I'd like to see it continue to be mutable. Thanks. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Domenic Denicola wrote: > As you may know, we now have a standard for the console object: