[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16206: Comment text not marked as required

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#16206: Comment text not marked as required
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 Reporter:  infected               |       Owner:  rianrietveld
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Comments               |     Version:  3.0.4
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by strider72):

 Replying to [comment:23 strider72]:
 > Replying to [comment:22 afercia]:
 > > Replying to [comment:21 strider72]:
 > > > I know it's all HTML5 technically, but aren't we generally using the
 XHTML standard for attributes?
 > > Hm, not sure but interesting. Do you have any reference or
 argumentation to stick with the old syntax?
 >
 > Yes. The WordPress Core Handbook section on HTML Coding Standards
 specifically references XHTML standards:
 > https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-
 standards/html/

 Or if you mean ''other than''  "That's just the way we do it"... well, I
 do think code consistency is a good thing, but I also think XHTML syntax
 is much cleaner and easier to read. The same with the closing slash on IMG
 tags — not technically necessary on HTML5, but consistently used it makes
 the code just a bit easier to read (and easier for more parsers to parse).
 There are a number of long-established coding standards within WordPress
 that are not technically necessary, such as spaces in parentheses in PHP,
 e.g.: ( $this ) not ($this)

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