Re: Do we need the restrictions on the <base> element?

Henrik Dvergsdal wrote:
>> Doing that is not compatible with the way <script> elements need to be 
>> handled.  So it's not an option.
> 
> This seems to me a rather artificial limitation.

Welcome to the world of document.write.

> Isn't it possible to do a preparatory parse, just to determine the base 
> (and the charset) and then reiterate and do the actual work - parsing 
> text, downloading/starting scripts etc?

If you allow <base> anywhere, it can be dynamically inserted using 
document.write, for example...

> I think UA's have to do this anyway in order to support existing 
> content.

Right now UAs effectively allow different content in the document to have 
different base URIs at different times. E.g. if you have a <base> tag after some 
<script> tags, those script tags have one base URI, while things after the 
<base> have a different base URI.  It's pretty confusing behavior, really.  And 
relied on by pages, for what it's worth.

-Boris