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• To: michael.h.kay@n..., 'Peter Davis' <peter@p...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: RE: <!-- -- -->
• From: Joe Forrest <curiousmejf@y...>
• Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 06:55:49 -0700 (PDT)
• In-reply-to: <000501c26ed1$2a67a150$6401a8c0@pcukmka>

--- Michael Kay wrote:
> > Is "--" allowed in the content of comment in a XML
> > by any means and call it legal XML?.
> > 
> 
> It is not allowed. Production 15 says it is not
> allowed; the "for
> compatibility" text says why the designers made this
> rule.
> 
> Yes: I used to think it meant that if you weren't
> interested in SGML
> compatibility, you could ignore the rule; but it
> doesn't, and you can't.

Thanks Michael! You made my day. That's what made me
confusive. You got it absolutely right. I thought the
very same way. And now your reply has cleared the
cloud.

Thank You very much,
Joe F.


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> Michael Kay
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