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Bug 12865 - HTMLFormElement getter return types should be more specific
Summary: HTMLFormElement getter return types should be more specific
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2011-06-03 00:18 UTC by Cameron McCormack
Modified: 2011-08-11 20:23 UTC (History)
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Description Cameron McCormack 2011-06-03 00:18:54 UTC 
HTMLElement for the index getter and object for the name getter.
Comment 1 brunoais 2011-06-17 07:58:17 UTC 
what do you mean?
Comment 2 Cameron McCormack 2011-06-17 22:33:51 UTC 
The index getter on HTMLFormElement should be defined to return HTMLElement and the name getter on that interface should be defined to return object.
Comment 3 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:04:26 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1
Comment 4 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-11 20:22:40 UTC 
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: I made it match HTMLFormControlsCollection. (It's a little more subtle than comment 1.)
Comment 5 contributor 2011-08-11 20:23:03 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6418.
Check-in comment: Consistency with HTMLFormControlsCollection
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6417&to=6418