Renaming doesn't have to be done without backwards compatibility. Just alias the old .remove to the .destory and @deprecate .remove for new code so people don't get bitten anymore while old code still works.
~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://nadir-seen-fire.com] -Nadir-Point & Wiki-Tools (http://nadir-point.com) (http://wiki-tools.com) -MonkeyScript (http://monkeyscript.org) -Animepedia (http://anime.wikia.com) -Narutopedia (http://naruto.wikia.com) -Soul Eater Wiki (http://souleater.wikia.com) John Resig wrote: >> what I was trying to get flying was the idea of renaming of `.remove() >> ` to `.destroy()`, to remove the last trace of confusion >> with .removeChild() >> >> Does anybody have an opinion on that? >> > > That's not happening. That will change a critical method of the jQuery > API - breaking thousands of jQuery sites. > > --John > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
