Fix incorrect wording that prohibits ByteString default values.

whatwg · Aug 4, 2016 · 7e2d743 · 7e2d743
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-    <div class="head"><div><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72" height="48" alt="W3C" /></a></div><h1>Web IDL (Second Edition)</h1><h2>W3C Editor’s Draft <em>3 August 2016</em></h2><dl><dt>This Version:</dt><dd><a href="http://heycam.github.io/webidl/">http://heycam.github.io/webidl/</a></dd><dt>Latest Version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/</a></dd><dt>Previous Versions:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-WebIDL-20120419/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-WebIDL-20120419/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-WebIDL-20120207/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-WebIDL-20120207/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110927/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110927/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110712/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110712/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-WebIDL-20101021/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-WebIDL-20101021/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20081219/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20081219/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20080829/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20080829/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DOM-Bindings-20080410/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DOM-Bindings-20080410/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-DOM-Bindings-20071017/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-DOM-Bindings-20071017/</a></dd><dt>Participate:</dt><dd>
+    <div class="head"><div><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72" height="48" alt="W3C" /></a></div><h1>Web IDL (Second Edition)</h1><h2>W3C Editor’s Draft <em>4 August 2016</em></h2><dl><dt>This Version:</dt><dd><a href="http://heycam.github.io/webidl/">http://heycam.github.io/webidl/</a></dd><dt>Latest Version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/">http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/</a></dd><dt>Previous Versions:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-WebIDL-20120419/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-WebIDL-20120419/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-WebIDL-20120207/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-WebIDL-20120207/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110927/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110927/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110712/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-WebIDL-20110712/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-WebIDL-20101021/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-WebIDL-20101021/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20081219/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20081219/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20080829/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-WebIDL-20080829/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DOM-Bindings-20080410/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DOM-Bindings-20080410/</a></dd><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-DOM-Bindings-20071017/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-DOM-Bindings-20071017/</a></dd><dt>Participate:</dt><dd>
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             </dd><dt>Editors:</dt><dd><a href="http://mcc.id.au/">Cameron McCormack</a>, Mozilla Corporation &lt;cam@mcc.id.au&gt;</dd><dd>Boris Zbarsky, Mozilla Corporation &lt;bzbarsky@mit.edu&gt;</dd></dl><p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a> &copy; 2016 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr></a><sup>&reg;</sup> (<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><abbr title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.ercim.eu/"><abbr title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</a>, <a href="http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/">Beihang</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer">liability</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks">trademark</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents">document use</a> rules apply.</p></div><hr /><script async="" src="file-bug.js"></script>
 
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         report can be found in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C technical
           reports index</a> at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
       </em></p><p>
-        This document is the 3 August 2016 <b>Editor’s Draft</b> of the
+        This document is the 4 August 2016 <b>Editor’s Draft</b> of the
         <cite>Web IDL (Second Edition)</cite> specification.
 
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@@ -5512,7 +5512,9 @@ <h4 data-dfn-type="interface" data-lt="ByteString" id="dom-ByteString">3.10.16.
             </p>
             <p>
               There is no way to represent a constant <a class="idltype" href="#idl-ByteString">ByteString</a>
-              value in IDL.
+              value in IDL, although <a class="idltype" href="#idl-ByteString">ByteString</a> <a class="dfnref" href="#dfn-dictionary-member">dictionary member</a>
+              and <a class="dfnref" href="#dfn-optional-argument">operation optional argument</a> default values
+              can be specified using a <a class="sym" href="#prod-string">string</a> literal.
             </p>
             <p>
               The <a class="dfnref" href="#dfn-type-name">type name</a> of the

diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
@@ -5478,7 +5478,9 @@ interface Person {
             </p>
             <p>
               There is no way to represent a constant <a class='idltype' href='#idl-ByteString'>ByteString</a>
-              value in IDL.
+              value in IDL, although <span class='idltype'>ByteString</span> <a class='dfnref' href='#dfn-dictionary-member'>dictionary member</a>
+              and <a class='dfnref' href='#dfn-optional-argument'>operation optional argument</a> default values
+              can be specified using a <a class='sym' href='#prod-string'>string</a> literal.
             </p>
             <p>
               The <a class='dfnref' href='#dfn-type-name'>type name</a> of the