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Re: The less sign "<" in script elements

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On 18.03.2018 17:08, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    I remember that there was a time when I had to escape a
>    less-sign "<" that was contained within a script element.
> 
>    I assume that this is not necessary anymore in HTML5,
>    while »CDATA« must be used in XHTML, including XHTML5.
> 
>    So, is my memory correct that in HTML 2, HTML 3 and/or
>    HTML 4, one had to escape a less sign in a script element,
>    using, e.g., »&#60;«? E.g., for a comparison like »x<y«?

Certainly not with HTML 4 as it explicitly says in 
https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#notes-specifying-data

  The DTD defines script and style data to be CDATA for both element 
content and attribute values. SGML rules do not allow character 
references in CDATA element content

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Re: The less sign "<" in script elements Martin Honnen <martin.honnen@gmx.de> - 2018-03-18 21:07 +0100

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