Should the "authentication" attribute on Navigator be [SameObject]?

[bzbarsky]

And in general, should it have some sort of processing model defined? Right now nothing defines what this attribute actually returns. Does the returned value depend on the "this" value, or on the Realm of the attribute getter, or something else?

Presumably this should be [SameObject] hence and the return value should depend only on the "this" value, and should be associated to the same global as the "this" value.

[equalsJeffH]

It seems to me that [SameObject] is appropriate given the description at https://heycam.github.io/webidl/#SameObject - thoughts?

[selfissued]

Until it is specified what this returns, it can be a source of interop issues. We need to specify this for the Implementer's Draft.

[selfissued]

From discussion on the call, it sounds like we should do this.

[equalsJeffH]

@bzbarsky -- might you have a ptr to example text that addresses: "the return value should depend only on the "this" value, and should be associated to the same global as the "this" value." ?

[bzbarsky]

Addresses in what sense?

The obvious way to do that is to have it stored in a slot of "this", create when needed, when creating use the relevant global of "this".

[mikewest]

I think this is obviated by #384, which moves things to navigator.credentials, which is already [SameObject]: https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-credential-management/#framework-credential-management

[equalsJeffH]

@mikewest

I think this is obviated by #384

agreed, will close with PR #384 merge.