Re: [DOM4] NodeList should be deprecated

On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:06:00 +0100, Rick Waldron <waldron.rick@gmail.com>  
wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:06 PM, "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:07:31 +0100, Rick Waldron  
>> <waldron.rick@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The NodeList item() method is a blocker.
>>
>> Blocker in what way?
>
> As I've always understood it - the item() method is what differentiates  
> NodeList from Array and blocks it from being "just an array".
>
> Is this incorrect?

I think there is more, such as arrays being mutable, but the suggestion  
was to change two accessors from mutation observers to return platform  
array objects rather than NodeLists, which is a change we can still make  
given that mutation observers is not widely deployed yet.


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/

Received on Tuesday, 13 March 2012 08:30:19 UTC