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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It's actually more confusing/less correct to close bodyless elements in HTML. Since HTML treats "/>" the same way as ">" which could lead to a "/>" tag not actually being closed, if it is used on a non-selfclosing tag.