Ticket #9469 (closed feature: fixed)
Remove semi-functional .selector calculation from .pushStack()
| Reported by: | dmethvin | Owned by: | dmethvin |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | 1.9 |
| Component: | core | Version: | 1.6.1 |
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Description
Per discussion with ben_alman, and related to #7389 which consensus says won't happen.
The .selector property can't be reliable since there are simple ways to construct a set that can't be represented by a CSS selector. We've documented those shortcomings in the API docs for .live() and .selector but it's still a frequent source of questions and errors.
It would simplify the code for .pushStack() and its callers if it didn't try to maintain the .selector property at all, which is still in keeping with our documented use of .live() immediately after a $() set creation.
In addition we should deprecate non-core use of .selector and remove the documentation from the API site eventually.
All to be done over several versions, with sufficient advance warning in the docs before breaking anything.
Change History
comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by timmywil
- Priority changed from undecided to low
- Status changed from new to open
- Component changed from unfiled to core
comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by cowboy
See my 3rd idea here: https://gist.github.com/1000934
comment:3 Changed 23 months ago by john
- Status changed from open to closed
- Resolution set to invalid
Eventually we should do this, for sure, but only when we have some alternative to switch to. Right now we're using .selector inside jQuery for live so we definitely want to maintain it.
comment:4 Changed 12 months ago by anonymous
A quick question:
Since .selector seems to have been removed from the docs, and .live doesn't support chaining, would it be possible to remove the .selector constructing code in .pushStack now?
comment:5 Changed 12 months ago by dmethvin
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution invalid deleted
Hmmm, it might. We still need to set .selector since .live() needs it, but the only other chaining I've seen in the wild is $(sel).find(sel).live(). Reopening to take a look around.
comment:7 Changed 11 months ago by dmethvin
- Owner set to dmethvin
- Status changed from open to assigned
- Milestone changed from 1.next to 1.9
comment:8 Changed 9 months ago by dmethvin
- Type changed from enhancement to feature
Bulk change from enhancement to feature.
comment:9 Changed 7 months ago by Dave Methvin
- Status changed from assigned to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Fix #9469. Remove semi-functional .selector property. Close gh-1006.
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