Subj : Re: E4X support in mozilla?
To   : Martin.Honnen
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Fri Jan 07 2005 10:14 am

Martin Honnen wrote:
> 
> Should trying to parse XML source from string with
>   new XML('<root>content</root>')
> work then in <script type="text/javascript" blocks?


No, you need to enable e4x=1.  Again, the XML constructor is exposed to 
catch name collisions, not to be useful without the option parameter in 
the MIME type.

If this seems wrong, let me know what's less wrong:
(1) turning off XML, etc., in the absence of e4x=1;
(2) magically turning E4X support on in spite of no e4x=1 when a script 
calls XML, or Namespace, or ....

I think (2) is crazy.  (1) is do-able, but again, I wanted to smoke out 
name collisions during 1.8a6.

/be

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