Re: Further thoughts on delimiter choices

If standardising on "=" means that we can include colons in XML names, I think that it is well worth it.

And we should review the possibility of including XML namespaces in v1.

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On 12 Jan 2022, 09:16 +0000, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>, wrote:
> Cutting the argument presented by Norm.
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> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 07:06, Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com> wrote:
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> > I propose that we avoid all that by saying that “=” is the only
> > separator allowed in rules.
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> +1 from me, KISS principles.
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> > I also propose that we settle on “;” as the optionality delimiter.
> > Bethan observed over dinner that “|” is a useful meta character and we
> > might want to save it for later. (Or we could use it today as the pragma
> > delimiter, that would also be an option.)
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> +10 here, semicolon just isn't a delimiter (to me). Vert bar seems so
> much more sensible.
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> Just my 2d worth.
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> If there are justifications for both these being as they currently
> are, I do hope they are serious and valid.
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> regards
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