of course, you're right
On May 24, 10:51 pm, Michael Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > you really don't need a fragment for that. > > this: > > var elements = $$('span'); > elements.each(function(elm){ > var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment(); > fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode('X')); > elm.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment, elm.nextSibling); > > }); > > could just be: > > var elements = $$('span'); > elements.each(function(elm){ > var txtNode = document.createTextNode('X') > elm.parentNode.insertBefore(txtNode, elm.nextSibling); > > }); > > Fragments are really nice when you don't want to inject a wrapper element > but want to insert n+1 nodes into the DOM. Using it will cause the browser > to only re[paint/structure] the DOM once when injecting them instead of on > each iteration of your elements array
