[e] (0) Clarify that 'get the timed task' uses the 1st and 3rd+ argum…

…ents of setTimeout/setInterval. Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16019 Affected topics: HTML git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7271 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Aug 24, 2012 · 3fe7ff6 · 3fe7ff6
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@@ -75834,7 +75834,9 @@ <h3 id=timers><span class=secno>7.3 </span>Timers</h3>
    <var title="">handle</var>.</li>
 
    <li><p><a href=#get-the-timed-task>Get the timed task</a> <var title="">handle</var>
-   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result.</li>
+   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var title="">task</var> does.</li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</li>
@@ -75933,7 +75935,9 @@ <h3 id=timers><span class=secno>7.3 </span>Timers</h3>
    <var title="">handle</var>.</li>
 
    <li><p><a href=#get-the-timed-task>Get the timed task</a> <var title="">handle</var>
-   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result.</li>
+   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var title="">task</var> does.</li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</li>

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -75834,7 +75834,9 @@ interface <dfn id=windowtimers>WindowTimers</dfn> {
    <var title="">handle</var>.</li>
 
    <li><p><a href=#get-the-timed-task>Get the timed task</a> <var title="">handle</var>
-   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result.</li>
+   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var title="">task</var> does.</li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</li>
@@ -75933,7 +75935,9 @@ setTimeout({ toString: function () {
    <var title="">handle</var>.</li>
 
    <li><p><a href=#get-the-timed-task>Get the timed task</a> <var title="">handle</var>
-   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result.</li>
+   in the <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a>, and let <var title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var title="">task</var> does.</li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</li>

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -88766,7 +88766,11 @@ interface <dfn>WindowTimers</dfn> {
 
    <li><p><span>Get the timed task</span> <var title="">handle</var>
    in the <span>list of active timers</span>, and let <var
-   title="">task</var> be the result.</p></li>
+   title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var
+   title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var
+   title="">task</var> does.</p></li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</p></li>
@@ -88877,7 +88881,11 @@ setTimeout({ toString: function () {
 
    <li><p><span>Get the timed task</span> <var title="">handle</var>
    in the <span>list of active timers</span>, and let <var
-   title="">task</var> be the result.</p></li>
+   title="">task</var> be the result. This algorithm uses the first
+   argument to the method (<var title="">handler</var>) and, if there
+   are any, the third and subsequent arguments to the method (<var
+   title="">args</var>), to establish precisely what <var
+   title="">task</var> does.</p></li>
 
    <li><p>Let <var title="">timeout</var> be the second argument to
    the method, or zero if the argument was omitted.</p></li>