[e] (0) Add a note about setTimeout() clearing the timer after runnin…

…g the task.

Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15120
Affected topics: HTML

git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@6955 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74

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@@ -69082,7 +69082,17 @@ <h3 id=timers><span class=secno>7.3 </span>Timers</h3>
 
    </li>
 
-   <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>Once the task has been processed, it is safe to
+    remove the entry for <var title="">handle</var> from the
+    <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a> (there is no way for the
+    entry's existence to be detected past this point, so it does not
+    techncially matter one way or the other).</p>
+
+   </li>
 
   </ol><hr><p>The <dfn id=dom-windowtimers-setinterval title=dom-windowtimers-setInterval><code>setInterval()</code></dfn>
   method must run the following steps:

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@@ -69082,7 +69082,17 @@ setTimeout({ toString: function () {
 
    </li>
 
-   <li><p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p><a href=#queue-a-task title="queue a task">Queue</a> the <var title="">task</var> <a href=#concept-task title=concept-task>task</a>.</p>
+
+    <p class=note>Once the task has been processed, it is safe to
+    remove the entry for <var title="">handle</var> from the
+    <a href=#list-of-active-timers>list of active timers</a> (there is no way for the
+    entry's existence to be detected past this point, so it does not
+    techncially matter one way or the other).</p>
+
+   </li>
 
   </ol><hr><p>The <dfn id=dom-windowtimers-setinterval title=dom-windowtimers-setInterval><code>setInterval()</code></dfn>
   method must run the following steps:

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@@ -80769,9 +80769,18 @@ setTimeout({ toString: function () {
 
    </li>
 
-   <li><p><span title="queue a task">Queue</span> the <var
-   title="">task</var> <span
-   title="concept-task">task</span>.</p></li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p><span title="queue a task">Queue</span> the <var
+    title="">task</var> <span title="concept-task">task</span>.</p>
+
+    <p class="note">Once the task has been processed, it is safe to
+    remove the entry for <var title="">handle</var> from the
+    <span>list of active timers</span> (there is no way for the
+    entry's existence to be detected past this point, so it does not
+    techncially matter one way or the other).</p>
+
+   </li>
 
   </ol>