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But, the production rule [15] does not allow "--" to be in the content of comment. How then it is legal XML at all?. I guess I am surely missing something. Thanks, Joe F. --- "Gerben Rampaart (Casnet Brussel)" <Gerben@C...> wrote: > This is because the double hyphen in comments is > legal XML ... but illegal > SGML. Since compatibility is still maintained > between XML and SGML, leave > the '--' out is the best thing to do in XML. > > Gerben. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Forrest [mailto:curiousmejf@y...] > Sent: 08 October 2002 11:32 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: <!-- -- --> > > > Hi, > > As per my understanding of: > [15] Comment ::= '<!--' ((Char - '-') | ('-' (Char - > '-')))* '-->' > comments cannot allow "--" in the content. > > What then on the earth is the meaning of: > "For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) > must not occur within comments" > > Can somebody help me understand this. > > Thanks in advance, > Joe F. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at > http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the > subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
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