[webkit-dev] Constant readonly

[Mario Bensi]

Hi Darin,

I understand.
thanks for your help.

Mario

On lundi 22 novembre 2010 17:23:18 Darin Adler wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2010, at 2:41 AM, Mario Bensi wrote:
> 
> > I tested if the constant in idl was readonly, like that :
> > 
> > var node = document.getElementById('console');
> > alert(node.ELEMENT_NODE);
> > node.ELEMENT_NODE = 666;
> > alert(node.ELEMENT_NODE);
> > 
> > And it's strange, I can change ELEMENT_NODE value. 
> > 
> > I know it's stupid to do this but is it the correct behaviour ?
> 
> The property ELEMENT_NODE is read-only on the prototype for nodes. But there’s no rule against creating a property of the same name on an individual node. That is what your code does.
> 
> If you try:
> 
>     Node.ELEMENT_NODE = 666;
> 
> You’ll see that you can’t change the value on the prototype for nodes.
> 
>     -- Darin
> 
>