- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:21:59 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce@obviously.com>
- cc: www-validator@w3.org, gerald@w3.org
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> I've read the FAQ. I understand the problem. But still, why
> does this validator interpret the contents of a <SCRIPT></SCRIPT> container?
Because otherwise it wouldn't be a validator at all. It would therefore
also be letting down SGML-aware browsers, including very probably Mozilla.
> The interpreter can't know what type of script is inside
> the tag, and can't correctly interpret it.
Yes it can - at the SGML level. And hence also at the HTML level.
> I suggest that the validator would be much more useful if it ignored everything inside <SCRIPT></SCRIPT>. Cluttering the JavaScript code with \, as in:
> document.write("<\/P>");
> To hide it from the validator is not a realistic solution.
It's a nasty hack, and it arises from the rather ill-considered way
scripting is embedded into markup. But in general you should be
avoiding the problem by putting anything using document.write
(or more-or-less any non-trivial function) away from the HTML
in a <script src="...">.
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Nick Kew
Received on Thursday, 8 February 2001 05:22:11 UTC