Even if it is 10-15 lines, it's still lines I, and most developers, will never ever use. jQuery should be for the everyday basics, and the plug-ins are there to extend the base.
On 15/11/06, Brian Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not suggesting bloat here, Rik. I think that, at the very least, > support for $('myns|whatever') is core stuff, and is doable without a lot > of code. Since it's about the basic functionality of selection, I think > that it's one of the few things that *shouldn't* be a plugin. > > I won't have time to actually take a crack at it for a few days, but I'd > appreciate it if someone could demonstrate just how much space such an > addition would take up. I can't see it being more than like 10-15 lines > or so, but I've been wrong before. :) > > - Brian > > > > Without sounding rude, I don't think I would ever use this and I don't > > think most developers would either. We need jQuery to be small and > > flexible, not a huge bloated framework like some of the other > > libraries (that I will leave nameless)... Maybe extending jQuery, or > > building a plug-in may be the way round this? > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- Rik Lomas http://rikrikrik.com _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/