The reason why i asked has more to do with removing same selector/method
functionality out of the jQuery core than advocating for selectors. I
see no reason to keep parallel functionality in the core.
As for your example couldn't you do something like
var c = a+b; $("...:lt(c)");
Using a method you would have to do that so you save some bytes.
I don't care if i have to use a selector or a method, i agree with you
methods come more natural for long time programmers, i'm just trying to
understand why some functionalty decisions are made.
-- David
Stephan Beal schreef:
You can do more with a selector in SOME contexts, and only after
converting your data to a string. For me, this is far more intuitive:
$(...).lt(a+b)
than:
$("...:lt("+(a+b)+")")
