On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:15:53 +0100, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I do not think it's a good idea to make the trailing slash conforming.
Although it is harmless, it provides no additional benefit at all and
it creates the false impression that the syntax actually does something.
The fact is that authors already try things like <div/>, <p/> and even
<a/>. I've seen all of those examples in the wild. See, for instance,
the source of the XML 1.0 spec (and many others) which claim to be
XHTML as text/html, littered with plenty of <a/> tags all throughout.
If these are common, and implemented interoperably, then what is the
harm? An example of something that is NOT implemented interoperably is
<script src="..."/>.
What do you mean with implemented interoperably? They are all treated as
if they are just a start tag. (So they are actually treated identically to
the <script src=""/> case, except for some versions of Safari and Opera
and maybe Firefox which do what some people might expect for <script
src="" /> ...)
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Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>
