This is an archived snapshot of W3C's public bugzilla bug tracker, decommissioned in April 2019. Please see the home page for more details.
This is because there are type-implying names like Node::parentElement and Node::ownerDocument.
No, because the type-implying names are: a) longer b) in most cases necessary only to distinguish when operating on node vs. element
(In reply to comment #1) > No, because the type-implying names are: > a) longer > b) in most cases necessary only to distinguish when operating on node vs. > element That sounds makes sense.