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#8 — "do{;}while(false)false" prohibited in spec but allowed in consensus reality
- bug_id:
8
- creation_ts:
2011-02-08 14:19:00 -0800
- short_desc:
"do{;}while(false)false" prohibited in spec but allowed in consensus reality
- delta_ts:
2015-03-02 13:42:28 -0800
- product:
ECMA-262, Editions 5 and 5.1
- component:
technical content
- version:
Edition 5.1
- rep_platform:
All
- op_sys:
All
- bug_status:
CONFIRMED
- see_also:
["http://code.google.com/p/es-lab/issues/detail?id=14", "http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/issues/detail?id=1316", "http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=1127", "https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7", "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238945", "https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4099"]
- bug_severity:
minor
- blocked:
157
- everconfirmed:
true
- reporter:
Mark S. Miller
- assigned_to:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- cc:
["erights", "erights", "mathias", "princexcess69", "utatane.tea"]
- commentid:
12
- comment_count:
0
- who:
Mark S. Miller
- bug_when:
2011-02-08 14:19:19 -0800
See thread beginning at https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-February/012751.html especially https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-February/012758.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238945
https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7
http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=1127
If it is too late to add an errata to the ES5.1 spec to make it meet reality, we need to at least record this on the ecmascript wiki. And we should fix it in the next spec.