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Clarifying that signal state is an instruction that may be ignored.
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jakearchibald committed Apr 11, 2017
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The <dfn attribute for=AbortSignal>aborted</dfn> attribute's getter must return true if the object's
[=AbortSignal/aborted flag=] is set, and false otherwise.

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A signal's state (such as <a for=AbortSignal>aborted</a> and the accompanying "abort" event)
represent the controller's wishes, but an API listening to a signal may choose to ignore it. For
instance, an "abort" signal may be ignored if the operation has already completed.
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<h2 id=nodes>Nodes</h2>

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