Re: Optimize setting textContent?

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> Quite horrible special case. APIs should be consistent whenever possible.
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Can you think of a realistic scenario where developers would be burned by
this? I think someone would have to retain a reference to the old text
node, set textContent on the element, then do something with the old text
node and expect it to NOT have changed. Seems a bit unrealistic to me.

On the other hand, the practical benefit is real.

Rob
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