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RE: Empty <div> tags

From: Charles Reitzel <creitzel@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:58:11 -0500
Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20021213155539.02df46f8@pop.rcn.com>
To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
Cc: html-tidy@w3.org 

Sorry, I don't understand.  What is that difference in meaning 
exactly?   Can you elaborate?

I'm not trying to be difficult, I just want to understanding what you are 
saying.

thanks,
Charlie

At 03:29 PM 12/13/2002 -0500, Liam Quinn wrote:

>It seems incorrect to prune the empty div in the following example:
>
><div>foo<div></div>bar</div>
>
>which gets tidied to
>
><div>foobar</div>
>
>The tidied version has a rather different meaning than the original.
>
>(Tested with the Dec. 1, 2002 Tidy.)
>
>--
>Liam Quinn
Received on Friday, 13 December 2002 15:54:13 GMT

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