- From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:53:14 -0400
- To: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
On 8/26/13 5:45 PM, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > I propose to change the specification to remove any elements that are no longer associated with the form from the past names map: > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#past-names-map Are you sure this doesn't break web pages? What do UAs do here? What did they use to do? > It's strange for elements to linger around forever in the past names map after the element get associated with a new form element. I agree, though it's an obvious consequence of certain past implementation strategies. > Since IE didn't support form attribute for a long time (or maybe still hasn't?), I don't think there is any compatibility concern. I'm not sure what this sentence is saying. form.foo works in IE last I checked. So what are you saying IE didn't or doesn't support? -Boris
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