[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37944: review of opening tags immediately followed by closing tags of same type

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#37944: review of opening tags immediately followed by closing tags of same type
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 Reporter:  Presskopp     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Poking the core files I found some of these:

 `<div></div>` (10 hits in 7 files) and `<span></span>` (9 hits in 8 files)

 We also find `<ul></ul>`, `<li></li>`, ...?


 I wonder if these can be safely deleted.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/37944>
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