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0049 peter or muller
Hi Peter,

If I read you correctly, then it means "--" is not
allowed in the content of comment in XML because:
1. [15] in REC does not allow that.
2. that will make XML incompatible with SGML.

You know, I got confused because, when [15] is so
clear in not allowing "--" in comment, why should the
line [For compatibility, the string "--"
(double-hyphen) must not occur within comments] be
mentioned at all. 

If somebody can answer this one question here then I
would be more than clear:
Is "--" allowed in the content of comment in a XML by
any means and call it legal XML?.

Thanks,
Joe F.


--- Peter Davis <peter@p...> wrote:
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> On Tuesday 08 October 2002 02:32, Joe Forrest wrote:
> > What then on the earth is the meaning of:
> > "For compatibility, the string "--"
> (double-hyphen)
> > must not occur within comments"
> 
> - From XML 1.0 [1]:
> 
>     "for compatibility":
>     
>     [Definition: Marks a sentence describing a
> feature of XML included
>     solely to ensure that XML remains compatible
> with SGML.]
> 
> There is no technical reason why "--" is not
> allowed.  Because SGML does not 
> allow (or at least does not like) the "--"
> construct, it has been forbidden 
> by the XML grammar.
> 
> Did you read this in the XML 1.0 Recommendation [1]?
>  If so, just click the 
> link surrounding "For compatibility" in the very
> text you have quoted: you 
> will arrive at the definition of that term.
> 
> An older thread [2] asked this same question.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml
> [2]
>
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2002Apr/0049.html
> 
> - -- 
> Peter Davis
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