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You've linked to the HTML 5 spec, which says that using the name attribute is a fallback when there is no such id in the document. PerlMonks is definitely not HTML 5 compliant, if you look at the source you'll see <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> (and even so it fails validation badly), so have a look at the HTML 4.01 spec. Plus, the Markup in the Monastery isn't even "real" HTML (<readmore>, <spoiler>, etc.). <a name="..."></a> has been the standard way to create an anchor as far back as ~~HTML 2.0~~ HTML 1.0, so don't expect browsers to remove support for it anytime soon.

Sorry for the impromptu lesson on HTML ;-P

Update: I didn't see shmem's post before I posted.

Update 2: <a name="..."> is additionally discussed in the HTML 5 spec in the section "Obsolete but conforming features".

In reply to Re^3: Can not link to "id" in shortcuts (updated) by haukex
in thread Can not link to "id" in shortcuts by Lady_Aleena

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