Message from JavaScript discussions
July 2017
— But I normally use for..of anyway
I need it because the functions in cdaTemplate are polymorphic, can use Arrays or NodeLists, and NodeLists have values()
— Instead of branching or setting up new boilerplate to handle the Arrays, I can just use the same code now :D
— Specifically, insertTemplate
accepts a variable, destElems
which can either be a 1-item array like this: [Node]
or a NodeList full of Nodes
—
var destElems = [document.querySelector(destSel)];
versus
var destElems = document.querySelectorAll(destSel);
— And, then in use:
// Iterate through the destinations for insertion
for (var destElem of destElems.values()) { ...
— Ultimate root cause of the need is due to NodeList's abstract nature, it requires you to use an iterator because it is a "view" on the DOM which is a graph structure, and does not "contain" any Nodes itself
— That is what iterators are great for, abstracting complex data structures into an interface presented linearly
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