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

[Todd B. <TBr...@ja...>]

The semicolon is necessary.  "&" is what's called
a "predefined entity" and is the XML of representing
the "&" character.  The other four predefined entities 
are:

&lt;   which means <
&gt;   which means >
&apos; which means '
&quot; which means "

So, I THINK this is valid XML, but TclXML doesn't like
it at all!


Todd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James C. Moore [mailto:jm...@qn...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:17 PM
> To: Todd Bradley; 'tcl...@li...'
> Subject: Re: [Tclxml-users] why won't TclXML parse this?
> 
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Todd.
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