[Imps] HTML 4.01 compatibility modes for an HTML5 parser

[Henri Sivonen]

On Jun 28, 2007, at 17:19, Anne van Kesteren wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:11:58 +0200, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen at iki.fi>  
> wrote:
>> On Jun 28, 2007, at 17:08, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>>> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:05:44 +0200, Henri Sivonen  
>>> <hsivonen at iki.fi> wrote:
>>>>      NO_DOCTYPE_ERRORS
>>>
>>> I think you do want every DOCTYPE that triggers quirks mode or  
>>> almost quirks mode (or whatever they're called these days) to  
>>> trigger an error in this mode.
>>
>> The definition would delegate actions on a quirky doctype to the  
>> app so that survey spiders could note the situation specifically.  
>> Do you expect people to do bad things with this mode if I leave  
>> even quirkiness reporting to the app?
>
> My thought was that it would be more useful for surveys if you  
> don't have to manually add such errors. However, I suppose you can  
> argue either way and I don't feel strongly about it.

There's also the option of adding yet another mode. Make it a pref. ;-)
ALLOW_ANY_STANDARDS_MODE

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