[XML-SIG] Re: getElementsByTagName interpretation

[Mike Olson]

Rosalie Dieteman wrote:
> 
>     Where this falls down is .getElementByTagName('X'), which returns a
>     NodeList containing all 'X' elements in the tree. If this is live,
>     then every time you modify the DOM tree by adding, deleting, or moving
>     an element, you have to ask "Are there any .getElementByTagName()
>     NodeLists out there that would change as a result of this?" If you
>     consider a change that moves or deletes many elements, such as
>     deleting a chapter from a book, this seems quite expensive and
>     time-consuming.
> 
> Another nasty situation I can think of is stepping through a NodeList deleting
> the nodes as you step through... in a "live" list, the list you're stepping
> through would be changing as you step... The obvious answer is to step last to
> first, but it's one more argument against "live"ness.

I'd thought of this one too, but luckily there is no delete interface
defined on a node list.  Only accessor functions.  so you can't change
the list with only a reference to the list.


Mike


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