[Bug 14354] New: Rename append/replaceChild/insertBefore(<some text>) to appendText, replaceWithText, insertTextBefore

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14354

           Summary: Rename append/replaceChild/insertBefore(<some text>)
                    to appendText, replaceWithText, insertTextBefore
           Product: WebAppsWG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DOM Core
        AssignedTo: annevk@opera.com
        ReportedBy: Olli.Pettay@gmail.com
         QAContact: member-webapi-cvs@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, www-dom@w3.org


Current draft allows adding new text nodes using appendChild(string param) etc.

That is not only a bit misleading, since things like
appendChild("<div>") doesn't do what one would expect, but it can also
lead to other unexpected results if one does
for example element.appendChild(anchorElement); 
One could assume that the href (stringifier) of anchorElement gets appended to
element, or one could assume that the element gets appended. Both are
perfectly fine interpretations, IMO.
API shouldn't allow that, but should be clear what happens in each case.

Also, I don't see any good reasons to re-use the same method names for doing
something else than just inserting nodes.

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Received on Sunday, 2 October 2011 10:31:22 UTC