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Cross-reference "namesake method" #3278

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Ms2ger opened this issue Dec 8, 2017 · 1 comment
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Cross-reference "namesake method" #3278

Ms2ger opened this issue Dec 8, 2017 · 1 comment
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clarification Standard could be clearer topic: forms

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Ms2ger commented Dec 8, 2017

For example, HTMLOptionElement::add is defined as

Similarly, the add() method must act like its namesake method on that same options collection.

with no link to that method's definition.
@annevk annevk added clarification Standard could be clearer topic: forms labels Dec 8, 2017
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annevk commented Dec 8, 2017

A proper fix here would probably not use options (the attribute) directly to refer to an associated object and also not use a public method to mutate that object. Both of those are pretty bad practice (and if implemented naively can lead to issues).

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