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[–] dukk 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Why would you want that.