The window.clearTimeout function should be able to accept input that
is not necessarily a timeout identifier; likewise with clearInterval.
As an example of this, run the following code at http://caja.appspot.com/
and on your favorite javascript engine
var fn = function(){ console.log('not cleared'); },
timeout = setTimeout( fn, 1000 ),
interval = setInterval( fn, 1000 ),
each = [timeout,interval];
for(var i=0, l=each.length; i<l; i++) {
clearTimeout( each[i] );
clearInterval( each[i] );
}
Runtime errors are thrown with the cajoled code and the uncajoled code
should work just fine. The spec (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/
window.clearTimeout) says that this should be perfectly valid code.
It works correctly, without errors, in all major modern browsers, and
the spec even specifically states that no error should be thrown.
