[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 23601] DOMSelection.getRangeAt() returns a different range than the selection

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23601





------- Comment #7 from ap at webkit.org  2009-02-05 14:30 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> Why oh why would toRange chose to modify the Selection instead of just
> returning the range?

I think the reason is that Selection positions may be invalid in DOM sense, so
calling rangeCompliantEquivalent() is necessary. As Justin says, the validate()
call during selection creation is the real culprit.

See also: bug 15256 and the many related ones.


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