[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] 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 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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