I'm hoping for some help understanding the purpose of the ".embed-responsive-item" class in the code snippet below (Bootstrap code for responsive iframes, videos, etc.). It seems redundant to apply this class to the iframe element when it works just fine without it:
<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9">
<iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="..."></iframe>
</div>
This is essentially the same as:
<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9">
<iframe src="..."></iframe>
</div>
So why include it at all?
Source: http://getbootstrap.com/components/#responsive-embed
"Optionally use an explicit descendant class .embed-responsive-item when you want to match the styling for other attributes."
What does this statement actually mean? Can you provide an example?