[e] (0) Clarification.

Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21940 Affected topics: HTML Syntax and Parsing git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7936 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Jun 7, 2013 · 4a6b5e9 · 4a6b5e9
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@@ -86603,8 +86603,12 @@ <h5 id=rawtext-state><span class=secno>12.2.4.5 </span><dfn>RAWTEXT state</dfn><
   name must be compared to the other attributes on the same token;
   if there is already an attribute on the token with the exact same
   name, then this is a <a href=#parse-error>parse error</a> and the new
-  attribute must be dropped, along with the value that gets
-  associated with it (if any).</p>
+  attribute must be removed from the token.</p>
+
+  <p class=note>If an attribute is so removed from a token, it, along with the value that gets
+  associated with it, if any, are never subsequently used by the parser, and are therefore
+  effectively discarded. Removing the attribute in this way does not change its status as the
+  "current attribute" for the purposes of the tokenizer, however.</p>
 
 
   <h5 id=after-attribute-name-state><span class=secno>12.2.4.36 </span><dfn>After attribute name state</dfn></h5>

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -86603,8 +86603,12 @@ dictionary <dfn id=storageeventinit>StorageEventInit</dfn> : <a href=#eventinit>
   name must be compared to the other attributes on the same token;
   if there is already an attribute on the token with the exact same
   name, then this is a <a href=#parse-error>parse error</a> and the new
-  attribute must be dropped, along with the value that gets
-  associated with it (if any).</p>
+  attribute must be removed from the token.</p>
+
+  <p class=note>If an attribute is so removed from a token, it, along with the value that gets
+  associated with it, if any, are never subsequently used by the parser, and are therefore
+  effectively discarded. Removing the attribute in this way does not change its status as the
+  "current attribute" for the purposes of the tokenizer, however.</p>
 
 
   <h5 id=after-attribute-name-state><span class=secno>12.2.4.36 </span><dfn>After attribute name state</dfn></h5>

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -96752,8 +96752,12 @@ dictionary <dfn>StorageEventInit</dfn> : <span>EventInit</span> {
   name must be compared to the other attributes on the same token;
   if there is already an attribute on the token with the exact same
   name, then this is a <span>parse error</span> and the new
-  attribute must be dropped, along with the value that gets
-  associated with it (if any).</p>
+  attribute must be removed from the token.</p>
+
+  <p class="note">If an attribute is so removed from a token, it, along with the value that gets
+  associated with it, if any, are never subsequently used by the parser, and are therefore
+  effectively discarded. Removing the attribute in this way does not change its status as the
+  "current attribute" for the purposes of the tokenizer, however.</p>
 
 
   <h5><dfn>After attribute name state</dfn></h5>