The <li> and <p> tags are historically and traditionally special, in that they represent the beginning of a span but do not require any special closing tag. The next tag that closes the list or starts another item will be the implied end of the span.

I think they're currently specified by W3C to require them, since I'd expect things would trend toward strict SGML/XML compliance. However, any browser worth anything will have to put up with this historical usage. Be flexible in what you accept, and strict in what you produce, as the saying goes.

(Oh, and lose the extra "o" in loose. If your belt is loose, you might lose your pants.)

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In reply to Re: HTML::TreeBuilder dropping end tags by halley
in thread HTML::TreeBuilder dropping end tags by admiral_grinder

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