- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:50:14 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Mike Brown wrote: > > HTML 5 seems to now allow the entire U+0001..U+001F range, whereas HTML > 4.x, 3.2, and I think 2.0, as defined by their "document character set" > and SGML profile, have long forbidden all of that range except for tab, > LF, CR, and, inexplicably, FF. > > Why is HTML 5 different, and what are the expectations for the > processing of the now-allowed BEL, BS, VT, DEL, and so on? If it was > deliberate, why not put a note of explanation in the spec? It was deliberate only insofar as I didn't come across any reason to disallow them. The expectations for their processing are unaffected by whether they are allowed or not. What would the note explain? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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