Silvio Moioli wrote: % On 02/17/2014 04:43 PM, Matej Kollar wrote: % > * standard allows closing of tags, % % Let me rephrase this: standard allows adding an optional trailing slash % to void elements, that by definition do not have end tags, as syntax % sugar[0]. % % Non-void elements must have a start and end tag - "closing" and % "self-closing" are not defined by the standard. % % So standard allows both adding and not adding, and IMO it's a matter of % choosing a coding convention. ... % Thread renamed to keep the two discussions separated. % % On the other hand, I would argue that: % % * those slashes are really superfluous; % * a good portion of Web projects outside Spacewalk are following the % same convention, among others Bootstrap itself[1] and HTML5 % Boilerplate[2], which is also used in Initializr[3] which in turn are % used in lots of projects. % % I do acknowledge that debate is ongoing[4] and there is no ultimate % agreement in the wider Web development community, so I do not want to % start and endless discussion here trying to solve that. % % So all I have is one last question: % % Is this your own personal opinion or the whole Spacewalk team official % position? In particular, will future patches be rejected if they have % those trailing slashes?
Hi Silvio, Using self-closed tags for void elements as well as using end tags even in situations where they can be omitted in HTML5 is common agreement among whole team. They improve readability - you immediately know what was intentional and what a mistake. As for patch rejection - no, most likely the other way round :). Regards, -- Michael Mráka Satellite Engineering, Red Hat _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-devel mailing list Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel
