[whatwg] document.all quirkiness
João Eiras
joaoe at opera.com
Tue Oct 4 11:38:33 PDT 2011
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:58:56 +0200, João Eiras <joaoe at opera.com> wrote:
>
> Hi !
>
> The spec for "HTMLAllCollection" [1] says "The HTMLAllCollection
> interface represents a generic collection of elements".
>
> After some quick testing in IE [2], IE returns the doctype, processing
> instructions and comment nodes too. If converts them all to comments but
> that's something else we shouldn't even touch with a long stick.
>
> I would suggest that the spec be updated to match IE better.
>
After further testing (and getting someone to test in IE9), IE9 only
returns Elements, even in quirks mode, so I presume the change is not
needed.
Thanks.
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