> > On 02/14/2014 03:16 PM, Michael Mraka wrote:
> > > ">" should likely be "/>" otherwise it produce opening tags not self
> > > closed tags.
> >
> > Actually in HTML5 void tags do not need the slash (it is optional).
> >
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/syntax.html#void-element
> >
> > "self-closing" as a definition does not exist anymore in HTML5, except
> > for SVG and MathML elements!
> >
> > We also recently started a discussion about this same topic and decided
> > to stick to a coding standard rule to avoid confusion - namely not using
> > those optional slashes in new code.
> >
> > I hope you are also fine with that. I was supposed to start a discussion
> > with you in the next days, but this was faster :-)
>
> I am strongly against it.
Ok, let me go a little deeper than that:
* standard allows closing of tags,
* HTML is generated on some places explicitly... are you sure
it would not lead to state where we would be inconsistent (=bad),
* in case we switch (and do it properly and completely) it would
make it much harder to switch to say XHTML if desired,
* without closing tags it would be like
those evil old times with wild HTML...
(not speaking about omitting closing tags...)
* code that Michael commented on was wrong anyway as it only
deleted symbol and immediately pended it.
Matej
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