I can't answer for the first, but I believe the 10ms wait is in some way related to the fact that not all browsers update the DOM immediately after an innerHTML assignment.
The timeout is probably just giving time for that update to happen. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Michaux Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:07 AM To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] Prototype.js strips scripts before innerHTML Hi, I have been spending a lot of time reading Prototype.js. Because there are no comments, I don't understand the rational for why it is doing a few things. Two things are in Element.update update: function(element, html) { $(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts(); setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10); }, Why strip the scripts before inserting? Is this only for NS6 browser support? Why wait 10 ms before evaluating the scripts? Thanks, Peter _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
