[whatwg] Introducing new elements is expensive

[Anne van Kesteren]

Matthew Raymond wrote:
> By the way, is there a reason that <output> can't have a |value| 
> attribute? What if we want the initial contents on a legacy UA to be 
> "Calculation Not Available", or perhaps an <input type="text" readonly> 
> element like you suggest? Is this an example of Ian trying to avoid 
> <noscript>-style elements?

From:
  <http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#the-output>

# Its current value is given by its contents, which may be any inline
# content (like the span element).


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