Perhaps there should be a "FastSerialize" method, that doesn't guarantee
semantic order, and uses every shortcut to cut down on dom-walking time?
This way, the developer can choose whether to use the faster method, or
the slower-but-correctly-ordered method.
- Brian
>> Can you explain why processing elements in semantic order is important?
>
> Two reasons:
>
> $("input | select").eq(0)
>
> This should access the first matched element of input or select - when
> the order isn't important, you'll never know which element will
> actually be first. It's important that the element is actually the
> first element in the document.
>
> Secondly, when serializing forms, the order of the elements that comes
> back is frequently important - having a different order can cause
> problems for certain applications.
>
> --John
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