[whatwg] On tag inference

Mon Sep 5 08:48:12 PDT 2005

On Sep 5, 2005, at 17:46, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

> Deer Park Alpha 2:
> <html><head><title>...</title>
>
> <section></section></head><body>...
> <div>...</div></body></html>

Considering what the other browsers do and what Gecko used to do, that  
should probably count as a bug. Reported:  
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307122

> Opera 8.02:
> <HTML><TITLE>...</TITLE><BODY><section>...</section>
> <DIV>...</DIV></BODY></HTML>

Also in Opera 8.10 build 2150 on OS X.

> IE7 Beta 1:
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>...</TITLE><SECTION></HEAD>
> <BODY>...</SECTION>
> <DIV>...</DIV></BODY></HTML>

The same thing in Mac IE 5.2.3.

> javascript:function go() {var pre = document.createElement("pre");var  
> text=document.createTextNode(document.documentElement.innerHTML); 
> pre.appendChild(text);document.body.appendChild(pre);};go();

Thanks!

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