[whatwg] Question on Limits in Adaption Agency Algorithm

[James Graham]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Ian Hickson wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Henri Sivonen wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
>>>> the order between "abc" and "xyz" is reversed in the tree.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any preference for how this is fixed?
>>
>> Does it need to be fixed? That is, is it breaking real sites?
>
> It reverses the order of text nodes. That's ridiculously unintuitive. Yes,
> I think it needs solving, even if it isn't hit by any sites.
>
> (If it's hit by sites, it seems likely that they are breaking because of
> it. If it isn't, then we can safely change it regardless.)

Although changing it does introduce the possibility of unforeseen 
regressions. Not that I have a strong opinion here, really.