Re: [dom3core] getAttribute

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:18:54 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>  
wrote:
>> Opera will probably change its behavior to be in line with the above  
>> mentioned browsers.

We changed our behavior. (Release is not yet public.)


> Both "" and null are reasonable things to return for a nonexistent  
> attribute, there is no deep principle at stake here. In fact one could  
> argue that it's better to distinguish empty attribute value from absent  
> attribute. So it seems better to update the formal spec to the de facto  
> standard behavior.

Agreed. (Not sure if it can be done though without a DOM WG.)

Kind regards,

Anne van Kesteren


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Anne van Kesteren
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Received on Thursday, 1 December 2005 09:01:25 UTC