Selectors are staying, the methods are going.
Ah yes, that's the way to maintain backwards compatibility.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 3:29 PM
Subject: [jQuery] Re: :eq vs :nth?
--John
On 8/3/07, Ganeshji Marwaha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
quick question... are the :eq() etal... selectors gonna stay? or are they
going to be removed as well.
-GTG
On 8/3/07, John Resig < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, it should be noted that we're remove .lt() .gt() and .eq() in
> favor of a new .slice() method, which will be able to produce
> identical results (and even better).
>
> --John
>
> On 8/3/07, Ganeshji Marwaha < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i agree, but i saw hasClass() in the roadMap for 1.2.
> > So, i thought you were adding some convenience methods. So thought i
would
> > give my .02 coz, this sometimes had a tendency to increase my code
> > and
> > decrease legibility with a lot of .lt(var + 1) and .gt(var - 1).
> >
> > I, in particular don't have a problem with this, coz my version of
jquery
> > has these methods ;-).
> >
> >
> > -GTG
> >
> > On 8/3/07, John Resig < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Probably not since :le(3) is the same thing as :lt(4).
> > >
> > > --John
> > >
> > > On 8/3/07, Ganeshji Marwaha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > meantime, is there any possibility to add le() and ge() (for
> > > > lesser
than
> > or
> > > > equal to and greater than or equal to).
> > > > I am under the assumption it is not already there.
> > > >
> > > > -GTG
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/3/07, John Resig < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Huh... I should probably nuke :nth().
> > > > >
> > > > > --John
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/3/07, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> > > > > > They're the same, so you can use whichever you prefer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From jquery.js:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > nth: "m[3]-0==i",
> > > > > > eq: "m[3]-0==i",
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Karl
> > > > > > _________________
> > > > > > Karl Swedberg
> > > > > > www.englishrules.com
> > > > > > www.learningjquery.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Aug 3, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Matt Penner wrote:
> > > > > > I've searched the groups but I can't seem to find any related
talk
> > on
> > > > this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What, if any, is the difference between using :eq(n) and
:nth(n)?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to know before I start standardizing on one or the
other.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Matt Penner
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
