[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20401: OBJECT tag is self-nestable

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#20401: OBJECT tag is self-nestable
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 Reporter:  coffee2code   |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Formatting    |    Version:  3.3.1
 Severity:  trivial       |   Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests
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 As #6870 advocated for the `q` tag, likewise the `object` tag is self-
 nestable.

 As proof of its validity, the W3C's HTML4 documentation for `object`
 includes an example of the self-nesting of that tag .  Down a bit from
 [http://www.w3.org/TR/html40/struct/objects.html#idx-object-5 this link] ,
 their example is:

 {{{
 <!-- First, try the Python applet -->
 <OBJECT title="The Earth as seen from space"
         classid="http://www.observer.mars/TheEarth.py">
                     <!-- Else, try the MPEG video -->
   <OBJECT data="TheEarth.mpeg" type="application/mpeg">
                     <!-- Else, try the GIF image -->
     <OBJECT data="TheEarth.gif" type="image/gif">
                     <!-- Else render the text -->
      The <STRONG>Earth</STRONG> as seen from space.
     </OBJECT>
   </OBJECT>
 </OBJECT>
 }}}

 And [http://www.w3.org/TR/html40/struct/objects.html#h-13.3.3 another
 example] they used for the `param` tag (scroll back a few lines from that
 link target to see the example):

 {{{
 <OBJECT id="obj1">
    <PARAM name="param1">
    <OBJECT id="obj2">
       <PARAM name="param2">
    </OBJECT>
 </OBJECT>
 }}}

 A unit test patch will be forthcoming.

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