Is the duplication of `nodeType` and `nodeName` needed?
wooorm opened this issue · 4 comments
I was checking out the code and was wondering why you added both switch statements!
...als also, why nodeName == 'html' mapped to a doctype 🤔
i forget exactly whether it was necessary or if i was just being extra defensive, but i included the nodeName as a backup in case nodeType was missing or unrecognized. it might be safe to use element as the default and remove the second switch statement.
as for nodeName === 'html', that's because document.doctype.nodeName === 'html', whereas document.documentElement.nodeName === 'HTML'
i forget exactly whether it was necessary or if i was just being extra defensive, but i included the nodeName as a backup in case nodeType was missing or unrecognized. it might be safe to use element as the default and remove the second switch statement.
I don‘t think it is. From what I gather it’s supported everywhere!
as for nodeName === 'html', that's because document.doctype.nodeName === 'html', whereas document.documentElement.nodeName === 'HTML'
Interesting!! I didn’t know, thanks!
@kmck Seems nodeName’s been specced since 2000, and nodeType since 1998. Though I still prefer while loops over ES5 functions, I’m sure it’s fine to drop one!
Anyway, feel free to close this if you’d like to keep both!