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Re: processing instruction with 'xml' target

• From: Liam Quin <liam@w...>
• To: Richard Tobin <richard@i...>
• Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:28:39 -0400

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 05:06:45PM +0100, Richard Tobin wrote:
> In article <3739.217.124.88.224.1158247177.squirrel@w...> you write:
> 
> >However, Liam Quin says,
> >
> >"if there is any leading whyte space or a comment before the XML
> >declaration, it becomes instead a processing instruction that happens to
> >use the reserved target "xml".
> >
> >The spec does not explicitly forbid this."
> 
> I expect that Liam (like me) didn't notice that it's forbidden by the
> grammar as well as being described as reserved.

You're right.

Liam


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  • Re: processing instruction with 'xml' target
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  • Re: processing instruction with 'xml' target
    • From: richard@i... (Richard Tobin)