Re: [whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
On 2005-07-26 12:01, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > The only real use I've ever seen for a "null" comment declaration is to > > suppress markup as in & > > Why not just do it properly as &? That way it works for both > HTML and XHTML, whereas your version is only valid for HTML. It's in no way more proper, but yes of course, that's how I would do it. I was rather pointing out the only use I've come across for this seemingly useless construct. -- David Håsäther
Re: [whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
David Håsäther wrote: On 2005-07-26 03:33, Lachlan Hunt wrote: ... The only real use I've ever seen for a "null" comment declaration is to suppress markup as in & Why not just do it properly as &? That way it works for both HTML and XHTML, whereas your version is only valid for HTML. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
Re: [whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
On 2005-07-26 03:33, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > [...] > As useless as the first one may be The only real use I've ever seen for a "null" comment declaration is to suppress markup as in & -- David Håsäther
Re: [whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
Lachlan Hunt: As useless as the first one may be, Well, it's shorter than "", i.e. usable for source code emphasis.
Re: [whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
Henri Sivonen wrote: What kinds of comments should a text/html HTML5 conformance checker allow? All valid SGML comments should be allowed. ... -->) Yes, all of those are supported by browsers, so there is no reason not too. But you missed two other valid variants that I can think of: As useless as the first one may be, it seems to be supported with no ill-effect by Deer Park Alpha 2, Opera 8 and IE6, so I see no reason to call it invalid. And these invalid variants: -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
[whatwg] text/html conformance checkers and comments
What kinds of comments should a text/html HTML5 conformance checker allow? -- Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
