"If node is a Text node"

[domenic]

https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/commit-snapshots/23ec6421f47ab629bd14dfc6d4910414dc443d0b/#mutation-algorithms

If node is a Text node, ...

Apparently, per tests and browser behavior, this includes both Text and CDATASection nodes. While I might say that both are "text nodes", the current spec's typography of "Text node" is a bit misleading, implying it would not include CDATA section nodes.

I'd like to suggest that the spec try to be as clear as possible and use either "text node" or (better) "inclusive text node" when referring to both Text and CDATASection nodes.

Via jsdom/jsdom#2441, where @Zirro remarks that we might not have test coverage for very many other places in the spec that have this problem.

[annevk]

See #636 and in particular #597.

I really want [[PlatformBrand]] in IDL before trying to fix this.

[domenic]

I would really rather not block on that, especially since I consider it a dubious and over-formal solution. We don't need all that machinery just to change "Text node" to "Text or CDATASection node" or similar.

[annevk]

Yes we do. How would you handle the equivalent Element case for instance?