Why should I not omit unnecessary closing tags?

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Closed nuxodin closed 3 years ago

nuxodin commented 3 years ago

It is absolutely allowed to leave out </body> </html> </td> </option> and so on. And I find it even better and more legible.

hail2u commented 3 years ago

The rule of omitting tags is very complex
Some non-browser parser (such as angular-html-parser used in prettier) does not fully support
Most elements (95 of 115) are not omissible
“Don’t omit closing tag” is always safe and works on everywhere

nuxodin commented 3 years ago

Ok, maybe it's safer if someone doesn't have a clue about it. but I wouldn't call it best practice.