Re: Optionally include root element with getElementsByTagName and querySelectorAll from Anne van Kesteren on 2013-08-26 (www-dom@w3.org from July to September 2013)

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:29:05 +0100
To: Peter Sloetjes <pjs.nl@live.com>
Cc: "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CADnb78iTmUs5hc0OAYYsqAg-jPY46KTOxm_opsNu8NjKkKOC2g@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Peter Sloetjes <pjs.nl@live.com> wrote:
> Example of a use case:
> A generalized cloneNode function that clones a document subtree and then
> clones the content of any contained canvas elements, including that of the
> root in case it is a canvas element.

You can just run .matches() on the element you run the queries on
(whenever we define and implement that fully). I don't think we should
add special semantics just for this scenario.

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