IE textNode throws error

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So far I've tested this in

IE 10 win8
IE 9 win7
IE 8 emulated by IE9 win7

Consider the following:

var x = document.createElement('div');
x.innerHTML = "a text node is here and intended <span>stuff</span>"; 
var y = x.childNodes[0];
y.nodeValue; //doesnt throw
x.innerHTML = "<div></div>";


// This will throw in IE
y.nodeValue; //Throws "invalid argument" in ie when accessing nodeValue or just about any other property

This wont throw in any other browser I've tested.