widget.getChildren() inconsistent return value

[Les]

Here are a few examples:

console.dir(dijit.byId('dijit__TreeNode_3').getChildren()) // NodeList

console.dir(dijit.byId('fileMenu').getChildren()) // NodeList

console.dir(dijit.byId('border1').getChildren()) // BorderContainer - Array

console.dir(dijit.byId('ttabs').getChildren()) // TabContainer - NodeList

console.dir(dijit.byId('myStackContainer').getChildren()) // Array

console.dir(dijit.byId('dijit_layout_AccordionContainer_0').getChildren()) // Array

I prefer NodeLists? - they are easier to work with compared to plain arrays.

[bill]

I wouldn't use the word "inconsistent" as getChildren() always returns an array of widgets, according to spec.

For 2.0 we can consider changing it to return a WidgetSet or beefed up array, see #4122.

[Les]

Beefed up array would be better b/c it tells me something about the order of widgets whereas WidgetSet? is unordered.

[bill]

Again, see #4122.

[bill]

Will be "fixed" in 2.0 in the sense that we'll augment the Array object to have forEach(), map(), etc., like ie7-js does.

[bill]

Actually, I believe this behavior was made consistent with [16904] and [22269].