<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-642250288> contains the same deprecating statement. Using e.g. A.tabindex in script code is deprecated. I do not believe it can be performance hit; accessing host objects is expensive per call. Otherwise, Attr.asScalar would be welcome. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joao Eiras Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:27 PM To: Kristof Zelechovski Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] Placeholder option for text input boxes > Which attributes return a number directly? > Which attributes return a function directly? This is already clearly defined in DOM 2 HTML. So following your line of reasoning, the entire DOM 2 HTML spec is deprecated ?
