[Javascript] Re: DOM/object-walking in Opera?

[Håkan Magnusson]

Thanks!

You are indeed right, the for-in loop is quite essentiall, let's hope 
this bug is fixed soon.

Håkan

Alberto .·. Vallini wrote:
> Hallo
> 
> I don't know how is the current situation with the
> latest versions of Opera, yet until one version ago,
> so to say, Opera had no capability, in its own js
> interpreter, to scan objects by for-in loops (and of
> course objects can be scanned only by that specific
> type of loop).
> It is acnowledged as a bug: see this url:
> http://list.opera.com/pipermail/opera-users/2002-May/010965.html
> 
> I agree with you that if that shortcoming is still
> there it is rather appalling: scanning object
> properties is not a perfunctory option, but a, so to
> say, milestone necessity of any javascript scripter
> who just wants to go one step beyond "prompt: write
> your name here - hallo jimmy welcome to my
> homepage"...
> If this is still the case, my personal opinion (as
> such you can dismiss it if you prefer) is _not_ to
> script taking into account this Opera shortcoming:
> that's too serious and I cannot see why you should cut
> off from your programming options all the objects just
> to accomodate a thing that is not up to you to fix but
> that Opera should fix. No workaround moreover if that
> limit is still in place. But as I said maybe latest
> releases fixed it, although your message might suggest
> it has not been dealt with.
> ciao
> 
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