if($('pleaseWait')) $('pleaseWait').hide();
This is a classic coding issue. I disagree with you - in PHP I have
strict warnings on all the time so I'm always testing whether a
variable is set before accessing it. It's just a much safer way to
write code.
On Oct 16, 11:34 am, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am slowly introducing prototype in a "plain JS" application, and I
> was looking for a way to replace the following piece of code:
>
> var pleaseWait = document.getElementById('pleaseWait');
> if(pleaseWait)
> {
> pleaseWait.style.display='none';
>
> }
>
> No rocket science here: if the processing was long enough to trigger
> the "please wait" screen (which is a "P" tag here), it is hidden.
>
> I did notice that this would NOT be the same than:
> $('pleaseWait').hide();
>
> ...since the later would fail if for some reason the DOM object has
> not been created.
>
> However, I was expecting that:
> Element.hide('pleaseWait');
>
> ... would be safe... but it isn't :o(
>
> Is there a clean prototypish way to do this?
> Wouldn't it be more convenient if the syntactic-sugar-free version of
> Element's methods were "null-proof safe"
>
> Eric
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