If I wrap my inline JavaScript with

//<![CDATA[

Some JavaScript in here...

//]]>

Does that speed up the browser parsing and therefore page load time?

It shouldn't. CDATA is just an XML wrapper to represent Character Data, so that the validation will allow characters such as < and > within that block. So it is only relevant if you use an XHTML doctype.

Originally Posted by wayfarer07

It shouldn't. CDATA is just an XML wrapper to represent Character Data, so that the validation will allow characters such as < and > within that block. So it is only relevant if you use an XHTML doctype.

I sometimes use it to wrap inline JavaScript so
that may page passes W3C validation.
Just wondered if there were any other benefits.

thanks.

Right... I do the same thing, but I can't see that it would have a performance benefit since browsers will just ignore it (it's hidden with JS single line comment characters //).

Originally Posted by TWD

I sometimes use it to wrap inline JavaScript so
that may page passes W3C validation.
Just wondered if there were any other benefits.

thanks.

I do that also when need be.