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[giow] (2) Setting document.domain has to make localStorage unusable …
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…because otherwise you can cause deadlocks with per-origin localStorage locks

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Hixie committed Sep 16, 2009
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Expand Up @@ -62483,17 +62483,27 @@ interface <span>WindowLocalStorage</span> {
access that data is running.</p>

<p>When the <code title="dom-localStorage">localStorage</code>
attribute is accessed, the user agent must check to see if it has
allocated a local storage area for the <span>origin</span> of the
<code>Document</code> of the <code>Window</code> object on which the
method was invoked. If it has not, a new storage area for that
<span>origin</span> must be created.</p>

<p>The user agent must then return the <code>Storage</code> object
associated with that origin's local storage area. Each
<code>Document</code> object must have a separate object for its
<code>Window</code>'s <code
title="dom-localStorage">localStorage</code> attribute.</p>
attribute is accessed, the user agent must run the following steps:</p>

<ol>

<li><p>If the <code>Document</code>'s <span>effective script
origin</span> is not the <span>same origin</span> as the
<code>Document</code>'s <span>origin</span>, then throw a
<code>SECURITY_ERR</code> exception and abort these steps.</p></li>

<li><p>Check to see if the user agent has allocated a local storage
area for the <span>origin</span> of the <code>Document</code> of
the <code>Window</code> object on which the method was invoked. If
it has not, create a new storage area for that
<span>origin</span>.</p></li>

<li><p>Return the <code>Storage</code> object associated with that
origin's local storage area. Each <code>Document</code> object must
have a separate object for its <code>Window</code>'s <code
title="dom-localStorage">localStorage</code> attribute.</p>

</ol>

<p id="localStorageEvent">When the <code
title="dom-Storage-setItem">setItem()</code>, <code
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