Add info about calling remove() on nodes that have no parent node
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Description
Add info about calling
remove()on nodes that have no parent node.Also tightened up wording:
Element.removedoesn't always "remove the element from the DOM" (e.g. if the parent is already detached from the DOM)CharacterData.removedoesn't "remove the text contained in the node", rather it removes the text node it from its parent, without altering its internal text data.Motivation
Currently this info is missing.
Additional details
https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-childnode-remove
Related issues and pull requests
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