Re: [Saxdotnet-devel] SAX holes
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Re: [Saxdotnet-devel] SAX holes
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From: Elliotte H. <el...@me...> - 2004-12-07 21:01:34
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Karl Waclawek wrote: > <quote> > Because of the streaming event model that SAX uses, some entity boundaries cannot be reported under > any circumstances: > > a.. general entities within attribute values > b.. parameter entities within declarations > These will be silently expanded, with no indication of where the original entity boundaries were. > </quote> The problem is not failing to report entity boundaries. That's minor. The problem is when an entity in an attribute value is not expanded. This has the potential to lose information silently, which I think is a very bad thing. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold el...@me... XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim |
