[whatwg] getElementsByClassName case sensitivity

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Stewart Brodie wrote:
> Anne van Kesteren <annevk at opera.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:25:33 +0100, Stewart Brodie
> > <stewart.brodie at antplc.com> wrote:
> > > Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote (on 25 July 2008):
> > >> I've made [getElementsByClassName] consistent with how classes work in
> > >> CSS
> > >> (case-insensitive for quirks and case-sensitive otherwise).
> > >
> > > I was looking for some tests for this API and found some from Opera
> > > (found
> > > at http://tc.labs.opera.com/apis/getElementsByClassName/) but given the
> > > dates on them predate the latest spec changes (which causes some to fail
> > > now), I was wondering if up to date versions are now kept somewhere else
> > > instead?
> > 
> > The tests already take this change into account. It was agreed upon way
> > earlier prolly over IRC or so, but the specification hadn't catched up
> > with reality yet. I'm not sure what other tests you might believe to be
> > out of date (and why) and would be interested in knowing being the author
> > and all :-)
> 
> Specifically: test 14 - tests for case-sensitivity in a document that is in
> quirks mode.
> 
> Are you saying that this change has now been reversed and the 
> comparisons are always case-sensitive, thus reintroducing the 
> discrepancy between CSS's handling of classes and this new method?

I'm not familiar with the tests, but as far as I know the spec is up to 
date here. I'm not aware of any outstanding feedback on this area. Anne?

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