- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 09:19:41 +0000 (UTC)
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Dean Edwards wrote: >> >> True. We could use a PI instead, but I don't think IE supports that (you >> wouldn't be able to tell there was a PI in the DOM, right?). > > i just checked. they show up as comments! but they are readable. so if > you are concerned with IE compatibility we could use a PI. Ok so here's a question for everyone. Assuming we want the <repeat> mechanism, which I think we do, do people want it as an element, or as a processing instruction? HTML XHTML As element: <repeat> <repeat/> As PI: <?repeat> <?repeat?> > i can see that one form is much nicer to read than the other. but only > for a few elements. if i'm repeating a hundred rows it becomes easier in > javascript (maybe add another attribute for the number of repeats?). i > think if something like this does go in the markup then maybe it should > be a PI. i'm just not convinced either way. what do others feel? I don't think you'd see more than one or two on anything like a regular basis. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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