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[-] dukk@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Trailing slash lets you do this though:

For example, in the case of <div/>Some text, browsers interpret this as <div>Some text</div>, treating the slash as ignored and considering the div element to encapsulate the text that follows.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

This is terrible.

You should never rely on a browser interpreting a non standard use in a specific way. It can change at any moment, and wouldn’t be reliably reversed because it’s inherently non standard.

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Why would you want that.

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