[thelist] consequences of invalid comment declerations

[Jeff Howden]

dunstan,

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> From: Dunstan Orchard
>
> are there any known consequences to invalid comment
> declerations in html?
>
> eg:
>
> <!-- good comment -->
> <!--- bad comment --->
>
> I'm writing a review of a site for the owner and it has
> about 50 of these errors per page, I wonder if they're
> worth mentioning or not :o/
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was this ever a coldfusion driven site?  if so, that would explain the
comments using a pair of three hyphens instead of two.

i personally wouldn't worry about it, unless the validator throws a nasty
error about them.

.jeff

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