Re: ID Characters (was: Re: 3.4. Global attributes)

On Aug 2, 2007, at 01:04, Jim Jewett wrote:

> Even new (but simple or homegrown) tools written explicitly for use
> with html5 will often get this wrong, because people will continue to
> assume the "obvious" constraints on an ID.

Do real homegrown tools really do anything but compare ID strings for  
equality when *consuming* markup? Do real homegrown tools fail if an  
ID starts with a digit or contains [] brackets?

Assuming extra constraints when generating id attributes is harmless.

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