Re: [XHTML 2] 18.1.3 document.write (PR#7742)

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:29:02 +0100, Steven Pemberton  
<xhtml2-issues@hades.mn.aptest.com> wrote:
> The working group believes that it is not possible to use document.write  
> in a
> portable, correct manner in the context of XML.  This is supported by  
> others in
> the community:  e.g.,  http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1091626816&count=1
>
> Although XML allows an incrememental processing model like HTML, it  
> doesn't
> demand it so you can't require document.write to work because the parser  
> may
> not
> exist by the time the document is processed.
>
> We do agree, however, that this is part of the HTML DOM, not ECMAscript,  
> and
> have updated the text.

<http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109/> states that it  
is part of DOM Level 2 HTML which defines interfaces for XHTML as well...  
Could the HTML WG perhaps raise this issue on the public DOM mailing list  
or somewhere else where it is appropriate?


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>

Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:30:32 UTC