some errata in PDF

Lars T Hansen lth at acm.org
Tue Sep 4 23:12:17 PDT 2007


On 9/5/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/07, Lars T Hansen <lth at acm.org> wrote:
> > On 8/26/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > http://developer.mozilla.org/es4/spec/spec.html
> > >
> > > Bottom of the page.
> > >
> > > I found that it was convenient for printing.
> > >
> > > Am I'm reading another out-of-date spec?
> >
> > Very.  This is the baseline spec, derived from the ActionScript 3
> > spec, somewhat updated (maybe) but not current in any sense that I'm
> > aware of.
> >
> Is there a version of the spec that's printable as one document?

No.  Printable documents will be released as they become available;
announcements will be made to this list.

> It is easier for me tor read these docs printed out on paper.
>
> > Everyone, I'm removing the link to this spec, the confusion of having
> > it there does us no good.
> >
>
> Go to:
> http://www.ecmascript.org/docs.php
>
> click: ECMAScript Edition 4 Wiki
>
> this will take you to:
> http://developer.mozilla.org/es4/
>
> Where you can click on the outdated specification, download it, print
> it out (hey, trees aren't free), and absorb the knowledge of an
> out-dated spec.
>
> Where, if it exists, is the indication that any of this is out of date?

You're expected to know :-) :-)

We'll need to fix this.

--lars

> Garrett
>
> > --lars
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Garrett
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/25/07, Lars T Hansen <lth at acm.org> wrote:
> > > > Which PDF spec? (We're writing the spec now, nothing has been published yet.)
> > > >
> > > > --lars
> > > >
> > > > On 8/26/07, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > PDF Spec:
> > > > > ================================================
> > > > > Pages 163 - 168
> > > > >
> > > > > Methods are not alphebetized. Many methods missing.
> > > > >
> > > > > Page 163:
> > > > > Missing:
> > > > > Object.prototype.superclass ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Missing:
> > > > > Function.prototype.caller
> > > > > Function.prototype.name ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Duplicate:
> > > > > Function.prototype
> > > > >
> > > > > Missing:
> > > > > Array extras
> > > > > Array.prototype.length
> > > > > Wrong:
> > > > > Array.length (the Array Function gets length off function.prototype)
> > > > >
> > > > > Page 165:
> > > > > Missing:
> > > > > String.prototype.trim
> > > > >
> > > > > Page 166
> > > > > Date.prototype.toLocaletimeString
> > > > >
> > > > > should be
> > > > > Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString
> > > > > ================================================
> > > > >
> > > > > Page 63:
> > > > > 10.2.1
> > > > > Line 27 references a non-existant variable 'b'
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