I stand corrected. Thx On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Scott González <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > . jQuery has a history of making non-backwards-compatible changes. >> >> I have never been hit by one. Can you give an example? I'm not >> referring to changes that relate to undocumented behavior. >> > > attribute selectors no longer support @, .clone( false ) was dropped, > .add() now sorts in DOM order, .attr() only looks at attributes not > properties, .val() behavior changed for radio/checkbox, etc. The list goes > on. > > >> I was referring to a blog entry by resig where he was bitching that he >> tried to make an incompatible change and the community revolted and he had >> to undo the change. I can find it for you if you wish. >> > > You're probably referring to .attr(). The result was not backing anything > out, but instead adding a shim for specific common properties (specifically > boolean attributes). This shim is planned to be dropped in the future. > > >> I have no problem with deprecating. That is the friendly way to handle >> these things. Causing pain among the base is not the way keep them happy. >> > > Yes, but you'll only be unhappy for a short while. Keeping nextTick() as > it is now will cause confusion and bugs for eternity. BTW, this is the > response you would actually get from the current jQuery BDFL. If you know > you have a mistake and fixing that mistake isn't going to kill all of your > users, then you should fix it now. Node is young, the proposed change isn't > horrible to deal with, and leaving it will just result in problems > continuing into the future. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
