Re: Insertions from Steven Pemberton on 2022-03-04 (public-ixml@w3.org from March 2022)

From: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:44:13 +0000
To: "Norm Tovey-Walsh" <norm@saxonica.com>
Cc: public-ixml@w3.org
Message-Id: <1646394161179.1715412088.2350769791@cwi.nl>

On Thursday 03 March 2022 18:46:09 (+01:00), Norm Tovey-Walsh wrote:

> Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> writes:
> > Some time ago Tom suggested using +"abc" to signal a textual insertion
> > into the serialisation, which we put on a backburner. But I ended up
> > thinking about it today anyway.
>
> It’s nice. On the whole, I think I prefer “^” to “+”, but the bigger
> question, I think, is whether not we should be taking this up now.

True, except, if we anticipate changing the meaning of "^" in the future, we should make sure we don't create legacy with "^" meaning something else.

Steven

Received on Friday, 4 March 2022 11:44:28 UTC