[whatwg] Re: getElementsByClassName

Dean Edwards dean at edwards.name
Mon Sep 5 18:04:44 PDT 2005


Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Dean Edwards wrote:
> 
>>That's right. We are defining HTML5 and the DOM extensions to support 
>>it. If other languages want to add different class name delimiters, let 
>>them. My hunch is that they will follow suit. This is a good opportunity 
>>to make it clear. HTML has always led the way. It also ensures 
>>backward-compatibility.
> 
> 
> Well, it's clear that HTML classes can't contain spaces... I'm not really 
> sure what you're asking for here. :-)
> 

Sorry. It seemed that previous emails were suggesting there could be 
other delimiters. My mistake. ;-)

-dean




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