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by bzbarsky 2886 days ago
For what it's worth, https://caniuse.com/#feat=element-closest is supported by everyone except IE (and Opera Mini, I guess).
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Piskvorrr 2886 days ago
That's exactly the point! "Oh, you can code [a polyfill] yourself, and it will work. Mostly. Sort of. jQuery bad, reinventing the wheel good! Never mind that you originally went there to implement some business logic, let's get tangled in the myriad almost-almost-working combinations."
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minitech 2886 days ago
> Oh, you can code [a polyfill] yourself, and it will work.

Use a polyfill that already exists. Take it out when browser support is there.

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