- From: Don Park <donpark@quake.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 16:25:58 -0700
- To: <www-dom@w3.org>
>Agreed. Rephrasing the question, is it better to generalize the >just-past-the-end behavior, or recognize it as a specific expression of >"append"? The former has convenience benefits, the latter has >application-design-error-detection benefits. Given the past decisions in >favor of making the DOM help novice programmers, I lean toward "tell them >they made a mistake" rather than "assume they knew what they were asking >for." You mean "keep reminding the users of their stupidity until they are forced to choose between hiring a consultant and a psychiatrist?" I am all for it since I do consult on the side and got an endless supply of aha and hmm to pass off as a shrink as well. <g> How do we let the user know that they made a mistake? A shrug (return null) or a kick in the groin (throw an exception)? Neither is documented so it is no longer a matter of interpretation. Best, Don Park Docuverse
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