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Bug 5792 - li/dd/dt end tag in body when no corresponding elt on stack
Summary: li/dd/dt end tag in body when no corresponding elt on stack
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: 2008-06-24 11:52 UTC by Henri Sivonen
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Henri Sivonen 2008-06-24 11:52:35 UTC 
> An end tag whose tag name is one of: "dd", "dt", "li"
>
>    If the stack of open elements does not have an element 
>    in scope with the same tag name as that of the token, 
>    then this is a parse error.
>
>   Otherwise, run these steps:
>
>      1. Generate implied end tags, except for elements 
>         with the same tag name as the token.
>      2. If the current node is not an element with the 
>         same tag name as that of the token, then this 
>         is a parse error.
>      3. Pop elements from the stack of open elements 
>         until an element with the same tag name as the 
>         token has been popped from the stack. 

What if there's no corresponding element on the stack? Shouldn't the first paragraph end with "then this is a parse error; ignore the token."?
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2008-06-24 20:47:12 UTC 
Does the spec requiring you to "Ignore this token" cause you to do something different than it not requiring you to do anything? :-)

(Will fix for consistency.)
Comment 2 Henri Sivonen 2008-06-25 11:01:34 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Does the spec requiring you to "Ignore this token" cause you to do something
> different than it not requiring you to do anything? :-)

The inconsistency confused me, so I think it's worth stating explicitly when a token gets ignored.
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2008-06-30 22:47:43 UTC 
r1832
Comment 4 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-14 13:14:25 UTC 
This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy.

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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.