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Bug 6390 - Add a note about reaching after head state and the fragment mode
Summary: Add a note about reaching after head state and the fragment mode
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: NoReply
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Reported: 2009-01-13 17:47 UTC by Henri Sivonen
Modified: 2010-10-04 13:58 UTC (History)
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Description Henri Sivonen 2009-01-13 17:47:25 UTC 
In after head state, there's this:
"Push the node pointed to by the head element pointer onto the stack of open elements."

The possibility of the pointer being null is not covered. I have older code that deals with the null case, because earlier the spec pushed the head pointer onto the stack in more cases. 

To save the trouble of implementors reasoning about the characteristics of the algorithm, it would be nice to add a note that the after head state cannot be reached in the fragment mode and, thus, the pointer cannot be null.
Comment 1 Henri Sivonen 2009-01-13 18:07:06 UTC 
Or more to the point, the after head cannot be reached without going through a mode that sets the head pointer.
Comment 2 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-14 13:16:10 UTC 
This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy.

If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If
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   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.