[e] (0) make some notes about window.location near about:blank

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whatwg · Jul 23, 2008 · 4ade426 · 4ade426
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@@ -34752,7 +34752,12 @@ JSURL: http://ietfreport.isoc.org/all-ids/draft-hoehrmann-javascript-scheme-00.t
   <p>When the <dfn id=assign title=dom-location-assign><code>assign(<var
    title="">url</var>)</code></dfn> method is invoked, the UA must <a
    href="#navigate">navigate</a> the <a href="#browsing1">browsing
-   context</a> to the specified <var title="">url</var>.
+   context</a> to the specified <var title="">url</var>.</p>
+  <!-- XXX browsers seem to
+  treat this as having <span>replacement enabled</span> if the
+  browsing context has only one entry and that entry is about:blank.
+  IE and Firefox only seem to treat it that way if the DOM is still a
+  virgin DOM; Safari doesn't check that. -->
 
   <p>When the <dfn id=replace title=dom-location-replace><code>replace(<var
    title="">url</var>)</code></dfn> method is invoked, the UA must <a

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@@ -32232,7 +32232,11 @@ JSURL: http://ietfreport.isoc.org/all-ids/draft-hoehrmann-javascript-scheme-00.t
   <p>When the <dfn title="dom-location-assign"><code>assign(<var
   title="">url</var>)</code></dfn> method is invoked, the UA must
   <span>navigate</span> the <span>browsing context</span> to the
-  specified <var title="">url</var>.</p>
+  specified <var title="">url</var>.</p> <!-- XXX browsers seem to
+  treat this as having <span>replacement enabled</span> if the
+  browsing context has only one entry and that entry is about:blank.
+  IE and Firefox only seem to treat it that way if the DOM is still a
+  virgin DOM; Safari doesn't check that. -->
 
   <p>When the <dfn title="dom-location-replace"><code>replace(<var
   title="">url</var>)</code></dfn> method is invoked, the UA must