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Re: [xml-dev] %x;? - Opportunity for pedantry and exegesis
- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:10:15 -0700
At 11:47 PM 27/09/01 -0700, Christopher R. Maden wrote:
>I think that, although perhaps unintended, this gotcha is a good one. A compliant validating parser should detect the problem, which protects users from something like
>...
><!ENTITY % x "x | y">
><!ELEMENT a (%x;?)>
>
>which, if legal, would have surprising results.
That's right, dammit! It's a designed-in feature, not a
bug! -Tim