[svgwg] Issue: Restore SVGSVGElement.prototype.getElementById marked as DoC_positiveResponse

nikosandronikos has just labeled an issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/svgwg as "DoC_positiveResponse":

== Restore SVGSVGElement.prototype.getElementById ==
It was removed in 
https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/commit/3d61d59f0d9e333c1afc5a548533c59cc5e58f7b

The Chromium issue and use counter:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=313655 (when 
filed the DOM spec had it on `ParentNode`, now it's on 
`NonElementParentNode`)
https://www.chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/778

Usage is high enough that it doesn't seem worth inconveniencing anyone
 for this, given current support, see comments on the linked removal 
commit.

@annevk

See https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/182

Received on Sunday, 7 August 2016 11:11:21 UTC