[whatwg] <p> elements containing other block-level elements

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> >
> > We haven't discussed it yet. I hadn't really thought about it but given:
> > 
> >    <pre><code> ... </code></pre>
> >    <blockcode> ... </blockcode>
> 
> To use <pre><code> like <blockcode>, one would have to style it with
> 
>   pre>code:only-child { display: block; }

Hm? Why?


> > I think we'll probably be "stuck" with HTML for a very long time -- at 
> > least as long as it takes for XML to have a variant created that has 
> > well-defined error handling rules other than the author-hostile "abort 
> > processing immediately".
> 
> I don't understand what's wrong with the XML error handling.  I think 
> it's great because errors should be caught and handled during the 
> authoring process and by the CMS, which XML essentially forces.

Many people feel that a minor typo in their document should not cause 
their page to stop rendering altogether. I have spoken with a _lot_ of 
authors who really do not like XML's draconian error handling, including 
many authors who are always ensuring their documents are valid.

I myself have occasionally made typos and other mistakes that, if I had 
used XML, would have left my site unusable, without my knowledge, for 
several hours at a time.

Personally I don't have a strong opinion; so long as the error handling is 
defined I don't really mind if it is draconian or error recovery.

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