Re: local file

jerryc wrote:
> I'm getting a local file via XMLHttpRequest in a C++ component.  In alpha 3
> this worked.  In alpha 7 I crash in nsCrossSiteListenerProxy::OnStartRequest
> with a NULL mRequestingURI.

Er... that code is just wrong.  It should be crashing with a chrome 
XMLHttpRequest as well, as far as I can tell, since the system principal has no 
requesting URI.

Is there a bug filed on this?  We need to fix this.

> XMLHttpRequest sniffs out the chrome page that loaded the component
> and  bypasses the NULL-principal thing

You can prevent that by pushing null JSContext* on the XPConnect JS context 
stack, for what it's worth.

-Boris