Re: jQuery Query about comparing jQuery references

dhtml wrote:
> On Jul 25, 3:48 pm, "Aaron Gray" <ang.use...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <PointedE...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> therefore the equals operation does not need to work like with native
>>> objects.  (Nevertheless, no hard proof has been provided yet of an
>>> implementation showing different behavior.)
> 
> How about the window object in MSIE?

Maybe you should search the archives before you post an argument.

> <script>
> window.foo = function() { alert([this.do***ent == window.do***ent,
> this == window]); };
> foo();
> </script>
> 
> IE: alert "true, false"
> All other browsers would alert "true, true"

This is exactly the lack of hard proof that I was talking about.

> Though it is likely that the unexpected result is caused by the
> identity of "window" and "this" being different (a "cloned" window)
> and probably not bug of the equals operator.

I did not suggest the cause of a perceived inequality was a bug.  In fact,
the behavior observed here is standards compliant regarding the equals
operation.


PointedEars
-- 
var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
    && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
)  // Plone, register_function.js:16