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Re: "--" question

Subject: Re: "--" question
From: david_n_bertoni@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:17:33 -0700
Re:  "--" question



> >From: david_n_bertoni@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Maybe I'm missing the idea here, but from the viewpoint that this
>The
> >string '--' cannot appear in a comment.  Otherwise, the document will
> >not be well-formed:
>
> Yes but what is the 'REASONING' as to why this was chosen to be the case.

Either you didn't follow the link I posted, or you didn't read what was
there.

In SGML the string "--" terminates a comment.  XML is based on SGML.  So,
for compatibility with SGML, XML also does not allow it.

Dave


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