James: >> As someone in the process of implementing a HTML5 >> parser from the spec, my _only_ complaint so far is >> that there aren't (yet) any testcases. The spec is >> very clearly written and structured in such a way >> that it can be converted almost directly to code >> (of course, not all implementers will want to use >> the exact architecture this implies).
And you are smarter than most. ;-) Seriously. For one you are here on this list. Consider: intelligence is definitely not a prerequiste for ambition. You should have seen some of the components I reviewed... >> The spec shouldn't contain references to implementations. >> However the wiki should contain such a list (see http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Implementations ). Then minimally the spec should at least contain (something like): "Implementors SHOULD NOT use string concatonation and SHOULD use one of the HTML5 components listed here: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Implementations"; -Mike Schinkel http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ http://www.welldesignedurls.org/
