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addEventListener polyfill for IE6+
//addEventListener polyfill 1.0 / Eirik Backer / MIT Licence
(function(win, doc){
if(win.addEventListener)return; //No need to polyfill
function docHijack(p){var old = doc[p];doc[p] = function(v){return addListen(old(v))}}
function addEvent(on, fn, self){
return (self = this).attachEvent('on' + on, function(e){
var e = e || win.event;
e.preventDefault = e.preventDefault || function(){e.returnValue = false}
e.stopPropagation = e.stopPropagation || function(){e.cancelBubble = true}
fn.call(self, e);
});
}
function addListen(obj, i){
if(i = obj.length)while(i--)obj[i].addEventListener = addEvent;
else obj.addEventListener = addEvent;
return obj;
}
addListen([doc, win]);
if('Element' in win)win.Element.prototype.addEventListener = addEvent; //IE8
else{ //IE < 8
doc.attachEvent('onreadystatechange', function(){addListen(doc.all)}); //Make sure we also init at domReady
docHijack('getElementsByTagName');
docHijack('getElementById');
docHijack('createElement');
addListen(doc.all);
}
})(window, document);
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