Re: [xml-dev] References to unparsed entities

[Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@rpbourret.com>]

Thanks. I hadn't noticed the difference between error and fatal error.

-- Ronb

On 1/6/2018 4:13 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@rpbourret.com 
> <mailto:rpbourret@rpbourret.com>> wrote:
>
>     Section 4.4.9 states:
>
>     "The following ... constitute fatal errors: the appearance of a
>     reference to an unparsed entity, except in the EntityValue in an
>     entity declaration."
>
>     Section 4.4.9 states:
>
>     "It is an error for a reference to an unparsed entity to appear in
>     the EntityValue in an entity declaration."
>
>     Why don't these contradict each other?
>
>
> Because they apply in mutually exclusive circumstances.  Outside an 
> entity declaration, a reference to an unparsed entity is a fatal error 
> that must be detected and reported.  Inside an entity declaration, it is 
> merely an error, which may or may not be detected and, if detected, may 
> or may not be reported.
>
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