- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:18:38 +0200
- To: Philip Taylor <pjt47@cam.ac.uk>
- CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Philip Taylor wrote: > Julian Reschke wrote: >> >> The "<tagname />" syntax is not allowed in HTML4, and thus existing >> libraries that have been designed to produce HTML4 will not use it. >> >> On the other hand, what, except ideological reasons, stops us from >> allowing >> >> <tagname></tagname> >> >> as well? > > Allowing both syntaxes means there are more opportunities for authors to > get confused, and makes the language a bit more complex. > ... Agreed. It's always good if there's are fewer ways to do the same thing (an argument for XHTML, btw). But that advantage needs to be weighed against the cost of breaking existing libraries, and the ability to evolve the language without having to rewrite code all over. I don't think this has happened here. BR, Julian
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