mike: attempt to describe the set of "void" elements more precisely (thx=SimonPieters) text now reads, "A void element is an element whose content model never allows it to have contents under any circumstances."

mike: attempt to describe the set of "void" elements more precisely
(thx=SimonPieters) text now reads, "A void element is an element whose
content model never allows it to have contents under any circumstances."

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/markup/spec.html?r1=1.185&r2=1.186&f=h

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@@ -259,9 +259,11 @@
     &#8220;contents&#8221; of an element.</p>
     <p>A
     <dfn id="void-element" title="void-element">void element</dfn>
-    is an element whose <a href="syntax.html#content-model">content model</a>
-    does not allow it to have
-    <a href="syntax.html#contents">contents</a>.
+    is an element whose
+    <a href="syntax.html#content-model">content model</a>
+    never allows it to have
+    <a href="syntax.html#contents">contents</a>
+    under any circumstances.
     Void elements can have attributes.</p>
     <p>The following is a complete list of the
     <dfn id="void-elements">void elements in HTML</dfn>:</p>

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@@ -1299,9 +1299,11 @@
     &#8220;contents&#8221; of an element.</p>
     <p>A
     <dfn id="void-element" title="void-element">void element</dfn>
-    is an element whose <a href="#content-model">content model</a>
-    does not allow it to have
-    <a href="#contents">contents</a>.
+    is an element whose
+    <a href="#content-model">content model</a>
+    never allows it to have
+    <a href="#contents">contents</a>
+    under any circumstances.
     Void elements can have attributes.</p>
     <p>The following is a complete list of the
     <dfn id="void-elements">void elements in HTML</dfn>:</p>

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