---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Garrett Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [whatwg] HTML 5 : Misconceptions Documented To: Kristof Zelechovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Kristof Zelechovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While 'form.elements' is not obsolete, 'form.elements.something' (to mean > 'form.elements.namedItem("something")') is. Actually, it is some news to me > that such syntax is supported; I was only aware of the syntax > 'form.something' (obsolete, but convenient) and > 'form.elements("something")'. You really ought to read the specs; I've posted numerous links in this thread.. > That 'form.length' mirrors > 'form.elements.length', while still supported, is just ridiculous; I missed Read the HTML DOM 1 and 2 specs. > that as well. Everything you say is true, except that the merrie olde > syntaxe is not that ambiguous as you present it. Indeed, I cannot see any > ambiguity at all. What ambiguity? > I am not using MSDN as the source of information what the Web should look > like; I am using it to understand existing code that the standard does not > cover, e.g. 'form.control' or 'new Image()' (incidentally, this is > 'Image.Create()' in Visual Basic Scripting Edition). > Thanks for pointing that out. > Chris > > > >