Re: para termination

On 25 November 2012 11:58, marbux <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Agreed, For this purpose white space is 0x20 or 0x9, space or tab
>
> Vocabulary: To avoid confusion by implementers in interpreting the
> spec, I suggest coming up with a descriptive  term other than "white
> space."  "White space" is an understood term that encompasses more
> than space and tab and in Unicode varies by locale. See e.g., short
> discussion at <http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.10/lib/pods/perlrecharclass.html#white_space>,
> '
> Perhaps use "space or tab" instead?

Agreed. I was basing it on W3C terminology, but we do need to isolate
space and tab from space, tab and newline
which is the W3C definition.

regards



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