Re: Document.createElement: null or HTML namespace?

On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 09:34 +0200, Simon Pieters wrote:
> > The whiteboard field says "blocked on implementers weighing in".
> >
> > Looking at the Mozilla bug as well, it seems it's waiting on someone to
> > just make the call:
> >  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799937
> >
> > Given that no implementation are following the spec after 2 years, it
> > seems it's time to revert the change.
> 
> Personally I would still prefer if the current spec was implemented.
> 
> I also think this should be bundled with the handling of Document vs.  
> HTMLDocument etc and what createDocument(HTMLNS, 'html').contentType  
> should return. Just changing the spec for createElement still means  
> everyone has to change for Document.

Well, at least it will make the spec more compatible with what's
deployed today. At the moment, it doesn't reflect reality, and thus
despite the fact that this bug has been opened for 2 years.

Philippe

Received on Friday, 10 October 2014 12:52:54 UTC