Re: [DOMCore] is an empty namespace always equal to a null namespace? from Ms2ger on 2011-08-26 (www-dom@w3.org from July to September 2011)

From: Ms2ger <ms2ger@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:22:55 +0200
To: David Flanagan <dflanagan@mozilla.com>
CC: "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4E57901F.6030607@gmail.com>

On 08/26/2011 12:02 AM, David Flanagan wrote:
> The setAttributeNS() algorithm explicitly includes the following step:
>
>> If namespace is the empty string, let namespace be null.
>
> getAttributeNS, hasAttributeNS and removeAttributeNS do not include this
> step, and, as the spec is currently written, I think they would treat ""
> differently than null. Is that an error in the spec?

I believe so. Fixed: <http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/rev/13f51d09d178>.

Thanks
Ms2ger

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