Re: ACTION-87: Selectors API

On Mar 22, 2006, at 2:30 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

>> * IMHO the method should not raise an exception when the selector  
>> contains a pseudo-element. It should would return an empty list.
>
> Given that it per definition only returns Element nodes I don't see  
> why it shouldn't raise an exception.

I think exceptions should be reserved for actual syntax errors, not  
for selectors that can't match an element. I'm sure there are other  
ways besides pseudo-elements to make a selector that can't match  
anything.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Wednesday, 22 March 2006 19:25:39 UTC