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RE: <!-- -- -->

• To: "'Joe Forrest'" <curiousmejf@y...>,"'Peter Davis'" <peter@p...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: <!-- -- -->
• From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:46:55 +0100
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> 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.


Michael Kay
Software AG
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