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    <bug>
          <bug_id>9849</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2010-06-04 10:35:27 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>&quot;Comments that contain the string &quot;--&gt;&quot; can be represented in the DOM but not in the HTML syntax or in XML.&quot; could be confusing.</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2010-10-04 14:55:19 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>HTML WG</product>
          <component>pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>Other</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>other</op_sys>
          <bug_status>CLOSED</bug_status>
          <resolution>FIXED</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc>http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#html-vs-xhtml</bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>P3</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter>contributor</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</assigned_to>
          <cc>ian</cc>
    
    <cc>mike</cc>
    
    <cc>Ms2ger</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-admin</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-wg-issue-tracking</cc>
          
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    <commentid>35964</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="">contributor</who>
    <bug_when>2010-06-04 10:35:27 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#html-vs-xhtml

Comment:
&quot;Comments that contain the string &quot;--&gt;&quot; can be represented in the DOM but not
in the HTML syntax or in XML.&quot; could be confusing.

Posted from: 91.181.231.193 by ms2ger@gmail.com</thetext>
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    <commentid>35965</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Ms2ger">Ms2ger</who>
    <bug_when>2010-06-04 10:38:09 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>&lt;http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2969251/html5-html-vs-xhtml-spec-question-regarding-comments&gt;</thetext>
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    <commentid>37971</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</who>
    <bug_when>2010-08-27 00:38:39 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>EDITOR&apos;S RESPONSE: This is an Editor&apos;s Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter&apos;s comments.</thetext>
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    <commentid>37972</commentid>
    <comment_count>3</comment_count>
    <who name="">contributor</who>
    <bug_when>2010-08-27 00:38:54 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Checked in as WHATWG revision r5368.
Check-in comment: try to reduce confusion
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5367&amp;to=5368</thetext>
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    <commentid>37988</commentid>
    <comment_count>4</comment_count>
    <who name="Ms2ger">Ms2ger</who>
    <bug_when>2010-08-27 09:34:30 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>LGTM.

(So, I was going to mention this on SO...)</thetext>
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