Richard Grevers wrote:
There are cases where <COL> can considerably simplify table markup, e.g.
<col class="foo"> rather than having to add class="foo" to every td in a column. Also, the width="*" mechanism is an exellent means of overcoming the vagaries when the various permitted width allocation algorithms are allowed to run wild.
With article numers closing on 160000 and a total of ~300000 pages, there's *not a single one* with "<col " in the text.
Frankly, I'm not willing to go through a complete rewrite of the table markup implementation to support a feature that is not even used.
Magnus