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Re: Html5 validator bug

From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:37:43 +0100
Cc: "www-validator@w3.org Community" <www-validator@w3.org>
Message-Id: <2D82F6B7-E91D-4F77-B911-E7275B84BB34@dorward.me.uk>
To: Kristjan <kristjanile@gmail.com>
On 17 Oct 2011, at 12:10, Kristjan wrote:
> All I wanted to suggest was exactly the same - it didn't make sense to
> use shorthand versions in HTML5 for Polygon and Rectangle values, but
> not for Circle.


That's a language design issue, not a validation issue.

I'd suggest raising it with the HTML working group ( http://www.w3.org/html/wg/ ), but I imagine that changing it would break backwards compatibility with a decade+ of existing browsers.

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David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk
Received on Monday, 17 October 2011 11:38:17 UTC

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