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Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#steps-for-finding-one-or-two-numbers-of-a-ratio-in-a-string Comment: "skip all White_Space characters" - should xref to "skip White_Space characters" Posted from: 128.232.100.177
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Ah, true. But in that case, what does "skip all White_Space characters" mean? If the string is " x y" should it skip two whitespace characters and end up on 'y', or end up with a string "xy", or something? It needs to be defined with the same precision as the "skip White_Space characters" sub-algorithm.
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r4310. Check-in comment: Rewrite this algorithm to make Philip` happier (and be more consistent with the other algorithms.) http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4309&to=4310