[whatwg] [wf2] repeat-min and max

[Ian Hickson]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Henri Sivonen wrote:
>
> Section 3.4.
> 
> "The repeat-min attribute specifies the number of repetition blocks that 
> the remove button type will ensure are present each time a block is 
> removed. Its value must be a positive integer (one or more digits 0-9 
> interpreted as a base ten number). If the attribute is omitted or if it 
> has an invalid value then it is treated as if its value was zero."
>
> Is zero intentionally excluded from the permissible values? Wouldn't it 
> be more natural to spec the integer to be non-negative?

Bah. Pedant. :-P Fixed.


> "These two attributes have no effect on the repetition model when 
> present on elements that do not have a repeat attribute with the value 
> set to template."
> 
> Is it conforming for these attributes to appear on elements that do not 
> have the repeat attribute (with any value; assuming that occurrence with 
> repeat set to an integer is conforming)?

You asked that in another mail. :-) The spec doesn't say it's 
non-conforming, so yes, it's conforming for all these attributes to be on 
any element, regardless of the other attributes. But they don't have any 
effect.

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