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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Leonardo Azpurua wrote:

> 
> "Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <PointedEars@web.de> escribi� en el mensaje
> news:10136443.OnBuAidq6I@PointedEars.de...
>> Leonardo Azpurua wrote:
>>
>> These languages (on the client-side) so far use prototype-based
>> inheritance
>> only.  There are no classes.  "Object type" appears to be the term that
>> fits
>> best as it is used in the ECMAScript Specification.

This is unacceptable.  Either fix OE as suggested or use something 
considerably better (such as Thunderbird: <http://getthunderbird.com/>).  
You would do everyone a favor, yourself in double sense.

>>>     {
>>>        var e = f.elements[i];
>>>        this[e.id] = e;
>>
>> Not a good idea.  Keep in mind that
>>
>>  1. not all form controls (need to) have an ID;
>>  2. your wrapper object has other properties at that level that could be
>>     overwritten if a form control has the same

… ID as a property name of your wrapper object (I meant to say then).

> Since that library is basically for my own use, and my "standard" requires
> that every meaningful HTML element has an id, and that every id is unique
> within the file, it doesn't sem to be a problem.

Consider what would happen with

  <form … name="foo">
    <label for="name">Name:</label> <input id="name" name="name">
  </form>

> Thanks!

You're welcome.

> --

See above.

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