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But, the production rule [15] does not allow "--" to
be in the content of comment. How then it is legal XML
at all?.
I guess I am surely missing something.
Thanks,
Joe F.
--- "Gerben Rampaart (Casnet Brussel)"
<Gerben@Casnet.net> wrote:
> This is because the double hyphen in comments is
> legal XML ... but illegal
> SGML. Since compatibility is still maintained
> between XML and SGML, leave
> the '--' out is the best thing to do in XML.
>
> Gerben.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Forrest [mailto:curiousmejf@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 08 October 2002 11:32
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] <!-- -- -->
>
>
> Hi,
>
> As per my understanding of:
> [15] Comment ::= '<!--' ((Char - '-') | ('-' (Char -
> '-')))* '-->'
> comments cannot allow "--" in the content.
>
> What then on the earth is the meaning of:
> "For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen)
> must not occur within comments"
>
> Can somebody help me understand this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe F.
>
>
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