I think .has() should return a bool, :has() should be combined with
:contains() (the finished filter named :contains()), and .contains() should
go away.
That seems to make the most sense to me, anyways.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Karl Swedberg <k...@englishrules.com>wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:14 PM, John Resig wrote:
>
> People are use to using .has()? It was only just added - at the same
> time as .contains() as well.
>
> I'll mull over the .contains() discrepancy. I may just punt it and
> push people towards .has() anyway.
>
> Looking at .has() now I'm not 100% sure why it's filtering and not
> just returning a boolean, like .is(). Hmm. If .has() returns a boolean
> then yeah, consider .contains() gone (and a jQuery.contains will be
> provided for those that need a lightweight method).
>
> --John
>
>
> But if .has() returns a boolean, then we have the same problem with :has()
> vs. .has() as we had with :contains() vs. contains().
>
> Since :has() is a filter, I would expect .has() to be a filter.
>
> On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:45 AM, Rick Waldron wrote:
>
> John, I tend to assume that anything prefixed with 'is' or 'has' will
> return a boolean. I think this is likely a common assumption.
>
>
> I typically assume the same thing, but in this case .has() is not a prefix;
> it's the full method name. And we already have the pseudo-selector :has()
> that acts as a filter.
>
>
> --Karl
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:04 PM, ajpiano <ajpi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It seems like a matter of course that means of filtering that are
>
> exposed as both pseudoselectors and methods on the jQuery prototype
>
> return the same set of elements, or at least that they generally apply
>
> the same principle in filtering. Examples include eq, not, first,
>
> last, and has. While the :parent pseduo doesn't work the same
>
> as .parent(), most developers know what they're looking for if they're
>
> using :parent.
>
>
> The new $.fn.contains method, however, doesn't work like :contains.
>
> Rather than searching for the text content of elements, .contains() is
>
> just a shortcut to $(elem).has("foo").length > 0. I'm not sure why
>
> this is really a necessary shortcut, given that most people are plenty
>
> used to doing something like .has().length anyway. I tend to think,
>
> however, that .contains () should work like :contains, for
>
> consistency's sake.
>
>
> This would have the added benefit of allowing those people who do
>
> use :contains to write code like this:
>
>
> var foo = "barbazbat";
>
> $("div").contains(foo);
>
>
> instead of
>
> $("div:contains("+foo+")");
>
>
> Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
>
>
> --adam
>
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