The main question was "What is the use-case?", to which we failed to come up with an answer. Do you have a particular use for knowing which source was picked by the browser, other than testing? On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Cory Brown <oh.wise.man@gmail.com> wrote: > currentSrc is used on <video> and <audio> where multiple possible sources > exist. Why is this any different? Did Hixie explain his reasoning? > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Friday, September 27, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Cory Brown wrote: >> >> > I believe src can treated as an attribute where as currentSrc can be >> treated as a property, meaning it reflects actual state. >> >> >> FWIW, I wasn't able to convince Hixie that currentSrc was a good idea for >> srcset. Collectively as a CG, we were unable to come up with a use case for >> it. >> >> The counter argument goes that you should really use developer tools for >> finding out what the current source of an attribute is (instead of script). >> >> -- >> Marcos Caceres >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Cory Brown >
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