Re: What type should .findAll return from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2011-11-12 (public-webapps@w3.org from October to December 2011)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:38:09 -0800
To: Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, Allen Wirfs-Brock <allen@wirfs-brock.com>, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>, "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDDehqmGtugSYFxZ8aSYiFfG46mpRL5JYOkMa2yuCYYDbw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any DOM NodeList/"NodeArray" could be converted into a "real" array by passing to Array.from( array like )
>
> http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:array_extras
>
> Avoids creating yet another DOM "NodeThing".

Jonas explains very well why we don't want a "real" Array, but rather
something that just acts like an Array.

~TJ

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