On 1/28/07, Anne van Kesteren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:03:35 -0500, Martijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I don't see any difference:.
> document.getElementBySelector("html > p")
> is the same as document.getElementListBySelector("html > p")[0]
>
> document.getElementBySelector("html > p:not(:first-child)")
> is the same as document.getElementListBySelector("html >
> p:not(:first-child)")[0]
>
> document.getElementBySelector("html > p:last-child")
> is the same as document.getElementListBySelector("html >
> p:last-child")[0]
>
> as far as I can see.
Given that the latter returns a StaticNodeList you can't do fancy stuff
such as lazy evaluation. So they become different in terms of speed.
Well, typically the first thing I do is using a variable, like:
var x=document.getElementListBySelector("html > p")[0];
Regards,
Martijn
