On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote: > > > > I don't understand the point in making this code: > > > > // this element will be used later > > var meta = document.createElement('meta'); > > > > ...non-conformant. > > Hmm. I think you need to think a bit on the conformance requirements you > want to have for documents. If you're interpreting "required" like that, > you'd run into the same problem with *any* required attribute or child > content. It's not a useful definition.
I don't understand why this is a "problem". It seems quite important that content be conformant whether it is in a document or orphaned. If someone does: // this element will be used later var ul = document.createElement('ul'); ul.appendChild(document.createElement('p')); ...then the |ul| variable is non-conformant, and I see no reason to allow that at all, scripted or not scripted. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'