On 1 avr. 2011, at 14:50, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > >> Let's imagine the effects of existing HTMLElements with id like "location", >> "document", "event", "toolbar", or even "window"... > > The id lookup happens after all other property resolution in browsers > (but NOT in the current spec text, note), so if you had <div > id="location"> and accessed window.location you would get a Location > object, not the <div>.
So you can not rely on being able to access an HTMLElement from its id this way... (As any Javascript code could use a global variable with the same name/id) > >> One of the main best practices in JavaScript development is "Don't pollute >> the global namespace" > > Clearly agreed, given the bug report I filed about making this quirks-only. > > All you have to do is convince the Trident, Webkit, and Presto teams... > on the other hand I would love to hear from the latter two what their > thoughts are. Is there any registered bug on Opera and Webkit about this topic ? Or have we got to create one ? > So far the only feedback I've gotten Microsoft saying > they will likely run into web compat issues if they make the behavior > quirks-only. > > -Boris Alexandre Morgaut Product Manager 4D SAS 60, rue d'Alsace 92110 Clichy France Standard : +33 1 40 87 92 00 Email : [email protected] Web : www.4D.com
