- From: Dan Dorman <dan.dorman@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:47:12 -0600
On 7/6/07, Sander <html5 at zoid.nl> wrote: > I haven't read the whole draft yet so maybe it's in there, but can you, > or anyone else, explain why there is both a selectElement and a > selectAllElements method? I'm no authority, but: If you know you're after one element, you get to deal with it directly rather than first referencing the only contents of a single-element array. That's not a big deal, I suppose, but a some benefits are reduced and more readable code (i.e., reading through the code would make it obvious that only a single element was desired in any given case). Also, it sort of provides a correlation with getElementById, and while I find the symmetry somewhat appealing, I'm not sure if that motivated anybody's thinking. Dan
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