Yehuda Katz
(ph) 718.877.1325
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Roland Steiner <rolandsteiner@chromium.org
> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 14:19, Yehuda Katz <wycats@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Yehuda Katz
>> (ph) 718.877.1325
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/21/11 11:31 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1) Make sense.
>>>>> 2) Not break existing content.
>>>>> 3) Be short.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .matches
>>>> .is
>>>>
>>>
>> I like .is, the name jQuery uses for this purpose. Any reason not to go
>> with it?
>>
>
> IMHO 'is' seems awfully broad in meaning and doesn't very well indicate
> that the parameter should be a selector. Inasmuch I like .matches better.
>
It's really clear in actual usage:
someElement.is("div a:first-child");
>
> Also, FWIW, an 'is' attribute on elements was/is in discussion on this ML
> as one possibility to specify components.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Roland
>
Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 08:19:33 UTC