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Bug 7875 - term: a "range" is an interval between two numbers, e.g. 2-4 or 1969-2032. the term "range" does not mean "imprecise number".
Summary: term: a "range" is an interval between two numbers, e.g. 2-4 or 1969-2032. th...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-10-10 02:47 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:48 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2009-10-10 02:47:45 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#range-state

Comment:
term: a "range" is an interval between two numbers, e.g. 2-4 or 1969-2032. the term "range" does not mean "imprecise number".

Posted from: 78.46.195.14
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2009-10-21 00:07:13 UTC 
I agree, but Safari implemented it as type=range, so we're kinda stuck with it.