- From: Joe Kesselman (yes, the address is real) <keshlam-nospam@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:56:27 -0400
- To: www-dom@w3.org
I can't seem to find an authoritative definition of the value returned by Node.compareDocumentPosition. "Returns how the node is positioned relatively to the reference node". I believe we intended this to be a Fortran-style tristate comparison (<0, 0, >0), but that isn't nailed down, nor does this state explicitly whether <0 means this node is before other or other is before this. I find it hard to believe that we all missed something this obvious, so I presume I'm overlooking it now. If someone would be so kind as to point out my blind spot, I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, we really need an erratum on this... -- Joe Kesselman, IBM Next-Gen Web Tech: XML, XSL, and more. When the solution you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When the problem you have is a nail, everything looks like a hammer. Take the time to consider alternatives!
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