No. I think the point is that the two are equally efficient, a fact
which had initially been obscured.
On Aug 18, 4:05 am, Samer Ziadeh <samerzia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> oh so if i do this would it be ineficient?
>
> var $content = $('#content');
> $('.posts', $content);
>
> and i should be doing this instead?
>
> var content = $('#content')[0];
> $('.posts', content);
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 14:30, ajpiano <ajpi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for clarifying this. The very same section in Brandon's post
> > had me confused, and also had me writing $(".these",$those[0])
> > since.
>
> > On Aug 16, 4:46 am, James Padolsey <jamespadol...@googlemail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Thanks for your reply John. :)
>
> > > On Aug 14, 1:24 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > That can't be true, right? It doesn't "search the whole doc".
>
> > > > Correct, it only searches the limited sub-set.
>
> > > > > The "context" property may be "document" but ".myClass" is only
> > > > > searched for within "#myContainer", right? (this is how I see it,
> > > > > after looking at the source)
>
> > > > > I think the main reason people (including me) are confused is because
> > > > > the "context" property does not correspond with the "context"
> > > > > parameter. I'm not too bothered about it but it seems to be causing
> > > > > confusion elsewhere.
>
> > > > Correct - regardless of what's passed in as the context argument, it
> > must be
> > > > translated into a single DOM node, which will act as the root against
> > > > queries will be executed. This node is what is stored in .context.
>
> > > > --John
>
> --
> Samer Ziadehwww.samerziadeh.com
>
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