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Posted to dev@shindig.apache.org by Brian Eaton <be...@google.com> on 2009/02/27 22:45:40 UTC

Re: [jira] Updated: (SHINDIG-937) Legacy _IG_Prefs.getString/Array methods should return unescaped prefs

This looks right to me.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John Hjelmstad (JIRA) <ji...@apache.org> wrote:
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>     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-937?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
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> John Hjelmstad updated SHINDIG-937:
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>    Attachment: SHINDIG-937-2.patch
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> Forgot to grant ASF license.
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>> Legacy _IG_Prefs.getString/Array methods should return unescaped prefs
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>>                 Key: SHINDIG-937
>>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-937
>>             Project: Shindig
>>          Issue Type: Bug
>>          Components: Javascript
>>    Affects Versions: trunk
>>            Reporter: John Hjelmstad
>>             Fix For: trunk
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>>         Attachments: SHINDIG-937-2.patch
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>> The gadgets.Prefs.prototype.getString/Array methods changed the semantics of the equivalent methods in _IG_Prefs, by escaping data returned from them. This was done for sensible security reasons, but unfortunately also breaks many legacy gadgets.
>> in order to maintain functional backward compatibility, I submit the _IG_Prefs versions should return unescaped data rather than causing random breakages.
>> To be clear, this change would apply *only* to the prefs retrieved via JS, not to __UP substitution.
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