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Gecko sets 'already started' before it checks the 'for' and 'event' attributes when running a script. Unless there's a really good reason for the spec to reverse this order, the spec should reorder the steps to match Gecko.
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r5497. Check-in comment: Match reality http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5496&to=5497