- From: <hallvord@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:37:16 +0000
- To: Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Siterer Brendan Eich <brendan@mozilla.org>: >>> d=document; >>> this.ie=(d.all); >> Isn't the situation here that the variable d just references the >> real document object, so that d.all in turn references the real all >> collection, which this.ie again is going to be a reference too. >> So when this.ie later is used in a boolean context, it refers to >> the same, old doc.all object with its magic "pretend to be false >> in boolean contexts" behaviour. > > Could be (I haven't tested Opera; that is your department :-) It certainly is ;-) > but Anne > suggested otherwise: "Sure, it evaluates to false." in > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Oct/0369.html > > Or did I misunderstand his "it" in that sentence? This was a misunderstanding, yes.
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