html5/spec obsolete.html,1.1040,1.1041 spec.html,1.1603,1.1604

Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv13156

Modified Files:
	obsolete.html spec.html 
Log Message:
Semi-allow <input type=number maxlength> for legacy reasons. (whatwg r6413)

[updated by splitter]


Index: obsolete.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/obsolete.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1040
retrieving revision 1.1041
diff -u -d -r1.1040 -r1.1041
--- obsolete.html	28 Jul 2011 01:46:28 -0000	1.1040
+++ obsolete.html	11 Aug 2011 00:46:53 -0000	1.1041
@@ -358,7 +358,11 @@
   be equal to the element's <a href="elements.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a>. In
   earlier versions of the language, this attribute was intended as a
   way to specify possible targets for fragment identifiers in <a href="urls.html#url" title="URL">URLs</a>. The <code title="attr-id"><a href="elements.html#the-id-attribute">id</a></code>
-  attribute should be used instead.</p><p class="note">In <a href="syntax.html#syntax">the HTML syntax</a>, specifying a <a href="syntax.html#syntax-doctype" title="syntax-DOCTYPE">DOCTYPE</a> that is an <a href="syntax.html#obsolete-permitted-doctype">obsolete
+  attribute should be used instead.</p><p>Authors should not specify the <code title="attr-input-maxlength"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-maxlength">maxlength</a></code> attribute on
+  <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> elements whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="number-state.html#number-state" title="attr-input-type-number">Number</a> state. One valid reason
+  for using the attribute regardless is to help legacy user agents
+  that do not support <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> elements with <code title="">type="number"</code> to still render the text field with a
+  useful width.</p><p class="note">In <a href="syntax.html#syntax">the HTML syntax</a>, specifying a <a href="syntax.html#syntax-doctype" title="syntax-DOCTYPE">DOCTYPE</a> that is an <a href="syntax.html#obsolete-permitted-doctype">obsolete
   permitted DOCTYPE</a> will also trigger a warning.</p><div class="impl">
 
   <h4 id="warnings-for-obsolete-but-conforming-features"><span class="secno">11.1.1 </span>Warnings for obsolete but conforming features</h4>
@@ -392,6 +396,9 @@
    attribute on an <code><a href="text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element">a</a></code> element, if its value is not the
    empty string.</p></li>
 
+   <li><p>The presence of a <code title="attr-input-maxlength"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-maxlength">maxlength</a></code> attribute on
+   an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in the <a href="number-state.html#number-state" title="attr-input-type-number">Number</a> state.</p></li>
+
   </ul><p>Conformance checkers must distinguish between pages that have no
   conformance errors and have none of these obsolete features, and
   pages that have no conformance errors but do have some of these

Index: spec.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/spec.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1603
retrieving revision 1.1604
diff -u -d -r1.1603 -r1.1604
--- spec.html	10 Aug 2011 23:46:26 -0000	1.1603
+++ spec.html	11 Aug 2011 00:46:54 -0000	1.1604
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
     <a href="Overview.html">single page HTML</a>,
     <a href="spec.html">multipage HTML</a>,
     <a href="author/">web developer edition</a>.
-This is revision 1.5117.
+This is revision 1.5118.
    </p> 
      <p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a>
    &#169; 2011 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide

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