Re: childElements, childElementCount, and children (was: [ElementTraversal]: Feature string for DOMImplementation.hasFeature(feature, version)?)

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:

> I agree. The reason I phrased it as I did was to contrast with my previous
> remarks. The "children" attribute should be part of a standard, even though
> it creates what I think is a poor design pattern (mix of previous/next and
> indexed access to the same collection).
>

It might be worth adding annotations to the spec to say "this API is
terrible, do not use" and "this API is terrible, do not follow its design".

Rob
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