Re: non-XML characters (e.g. #1)

On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 at 10:04, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> wrote:
> Output, on the other hand, is a different issue, because of the XML
> misfeature of excluding most C0 characters from content. (If I were
> redesigning XML, I would allow those characters, but only expressed in
> encoded form.)
>
> So, it is just fine to accept XML illegal characters in the input, as long
> as they don't end up in the output:

I hate this idea Steven!
  Any application that messes with my data goes straight in the bin.
Tell me I've got it wrong? OK.
Tell me where (and why), OK.

Mess with it? That's an application bug, bad specification or something else
I will not deal with.

regards
 - yes, I feel strongly about this.




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Received on Monday, 3 January 2022 10:20:48 UTC