This tests that indexed assignments to items of a NodeList do not override original values. See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=27967 On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". PASS first == null is false PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS nodeList[0] is first PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE