it's not at all necessary. just a personal preference thing. i do it because i like to keep consistent in my code. but i recognize that functionally, it serves no purpose whatsoever :)
On 9/12/07, Robert Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed some other programmers are now using a close tag indicator in > stand-alone cftags, like <cfset myvar=0 />. > > > > As far as I know it's only an XHTML requirement to close all tags (e.g., <br > />) and not a CF issue. Since CF never outputs CFtags to the browser is > this actually necessary? > > > > > > Robert B. Harrison > Director of Interactive services > Austin & Williams > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 > T : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 > > F : 631.434.7022 > www.austin-williams.com > > Great advertising can't be either/or... It must be &. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:288311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4