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On Tuesday 08 October 2002 02:32, Joe Forrest wrote:
> What then on the earth is the meaning of:
> "For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen)
> must not occur within comments"
- From XML 1.0 [1]:
"for compatibility":
[Definition: Marks a sentence describing a feature of XML included
solely to ensure that XML remains compatible with SGML.]
There is no technical reason why "--" is not allowed. Because SGML does not
allow (or at least does not like) the "--" construct, it has been forbidden
by the XML grammar.
Did you read this in the XML 1.0 Recommendation [1]? If so, just click the
link surrounding "For compatibility" in the very text you have quoted: you
will arrive at the definition of that term.
An older thread [2] asked this same question.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2002Apr/0049.html
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Peter Davis
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