Re: [Tclxml-users] why won't TclXML parse this?

[James C. M. <jm...@qn...>]

I'm pretty sure you are not allowed to use semicolons.    My xml is a little
rusty, though.

> I'm by no means an XML expert, so this may be a stupid
> question, but I was wondering why the TclXML parser
> chokes on something like this:
> 
> <foo bar='Black &amp; White'/>
> 
> The &amp; is giving ParseCommand fits.  If I take out
> the &amp; then things work fine.
> 
> The trace I'm getting looks like this:
> 
> {invalid attribute list} around line 0
>     while executing
> "::sgml::Error {invalid attribute list} around line 0"
>     ("uplevel" body line 1)
>     invoked from within
> "uplevel #0 $options(-errorcommand) [list $attr around line $state(line)]"
>     (procedure "ParseEvent:ElementOpen" line 21)
>     invoked from within
> "ParseEvent:ElementOpen $tag $param options -empty 1"
>     ("*,0,,/" arm line 5)
>     invoked from within
> "switch -glob -- [string length $tag],[regexp {^\?|!.*}
$tag],$close,$empty
> {
> 
>             0,0,, {
>                 # Ignore empty tag - dealt with non-normal mode above
>           ..."
>     (procedure "::sgml::parseEvent" line 118)
> 
> 
> 
> Possibly relevant version numbers from xml.tcl:
> 
> package provide xml 1.9
> 
> package require sgml 1.7
> 
> 
> 
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