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@@ -33,3 +33,15 @@ Patch[[!tag patch]]:
      
 
 -- [[Jon]]
+
+> Strictly speaking, a `<ul>` with no `<li>`s isn't valid HTML either...
+> could `map` instead delay emitting the first `<ul>` until it determines that
+> it will have at least one item? Perhaps refactoring that function into
+> something easier to regression-test would be useful. --[[smcv]]
+
+>> You are right (just checked 4.01 DTD to confirm). I suspect refactoring
+>> the function would be wise. From my brief look at it to formulate the
+>> above I thought it was a bit icky.  I'm not a good judge of what would
+>> be regression-test friendly but I might have a go at reworking it. With
+>> this variety of problem I have a strong inclination to use HOFs like map,
+>> grep. - [[Jon]]