[imps] td fragments

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Henri Sivonen wrote:
> > > 
> > > Can someone, please, explain to me, what part of the spec makes the 
> > > insertion mode "in body" when the context is "td" or "th" in the 
> > > fragment case?
> > 
> > None. It's "in cell".
> 
> Why? That is, based on what normative statements in the spec?
>
> "3 If node is the first node in the stack of open elements, then set 
> last to true; if, in addition, the context element of the HTML fragment 
> parsing algorithm is neither a td element nor a th element, then set 
> node to the context element. (fragment case)"
> 
> Now /node/ is "html"--not "td".
> 
> "5 If node is a td or th element, then switch the insertion mode to "in 
> cell" and abort these steps. "
> 
> This doesn't match, since it is "html"--not "td".

Hm, I wonder what that line is doing there. It seems we should remove the 
"if, in addition, the context element of the HTML fragment parsing 
algorithm is neither a td element nor a th element" condition, or make 
that particular situation trigger "in body" rather than "before head".

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