Interesting concept, but seems like the same underlying principles of the .data() method (or at least how it was originally planned) except for the direct DOM m

Interesting concept, but seems like the same underlying principles of the .data() method (or at least how it was originally planned) except for the direct DOM manipulation. eg: A central object store where references are bound to DOM objects and not explicitly set on the object itself. Therefore no type coercion/guessing. Regardless, if they "fix" the .data() method to your liking, at least then you'll be writing compatible, future-proof code. I've never had the problem myself so can't really weigh in, but replicating core functions has never ended well in my experience.