Thank you very much for the clarification! Also noticed 'Extending the DOM is dangerous.'
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:16 PM, David Bruant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Le 11/06/2012 12:30, Hemanth H.M a écrit : > > [].forEach.call(NodeList,**function(elm) {}) why that? Why not treat it >> like an [] ? >> > I've written a section on MDN specifically a while ago to answer that very > question: https://developer.mozilla.org/**En/DOM/NodeList#Why_can%27t_I_** > use_forEach_or_map_on_a_**NodeList.3F<https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/NodeList#Why_can%27t_I_use_forEach_or_map_on_a_NodeList.3F> > > Regardless, that's not in ECMAScript's scope. ECMAScript is about the > language (syntax, semantics, etc.), while NodeList are part of the DOM > which can be considered as an ECMAScript library. However, of course, > browsers all ship this "library" by default. It is however not present in > server-side environments like Node.js. > A longer time ago, I wrote another page to describe what "JavaScript" > mean, because it has become an umbrella term to talk about a lot of > different technologies: https://developer.mozilla.org/** > en/JavaScript_technologies_**overview<https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript_technologies_overview> > > David > -- *'I am what I am because of who we all are'* h3manth.com <http://www.h3manth.com> *-- Hemanth HM *
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