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Trailing slash lets you do this though:
For example, in the case of
<div/>Some text
, browsers interpret this as<div>Some text</div>
, treating the slash as ignored and considering the div element to encapsulate the text that follows.Why would you want that.
This is terrible.
You should never rely on a browser interpreting a non standard use in a specific way. It can change at any moment, and wouldn’t be reliably reversed because it’s inherently non standard.