Re: [whatwg/dom] Define processing instruction attributes (PR #1454)

@noamr commented on this pull request.



> +<div algorithm>
+<p>To <dfn>update attributes from data</dfn> for a {{ProcessingInstruction}} <a for=/>node</a>
+<var>pi</var>:
+
+<ol>
+ <li><p><a for=map>Clear</a> <var>pi</var>'s <a for=ProcessingInstruction>attribute map</a>.
+
+ <li><p>Let <var>context</var> be the result of <a>creating an element</a> given
+ <var>pi</var>'s <a>node document</a>, "<code>html</code>", and the <a>HTML namespace</a>.
+
+ <li><p>Let <var>markup</var> be the concatentation of "<code>&lt;attrs </code>",
+ <var>pi</var>'s <a for=CharacterData>data</a>, and
+ "<code>&gt;&lt;/attrs&gt;</code>".
+
+ <li><p>Let <var>fragment</var> be the result of invoking the
+ <a>fragment parsing algorithm steps</a> with <var>context</var> and <var>markup</var>.

> I'm not sure which constructor has such global-depending side effects on one of its arguments?

One of the arguments? None. But perhaps we don't need a constructor or it doesn't have to have a data argument if the constructor is the main concern?

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