Re: [dom] Should the return values of getElementsByClassName/TagName/TagNameNS be HTMLCollection

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:17:52 +0100, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
> I really think that the whole named getter issue is something that we
> should not take lightly. It has many similarities with the scope chain
> issue for on* attributes in that it causes namespace collisions making
> it hard to add features in the future.
>
> It seems to me that we should at least try to avoid propagating the
> named getter behavior any further, and ideally try to actively
> deprecate it to see if it's possible.

Named getters are nice for authors, and besides, it was already pointed  
out it's not avoidable here:  
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2012JanMar/0008.html


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Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/

Received on Saturday, 18 February 2012 08:29:21 UTC