RE: ACTION 614-12: Smart Quotes from Robie, Jonathan on 2015-09-14 (public-xsl-query@w3.org from September 2015)

From: Robie, Jonathan <jonathan.robie@emc.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:25:26 +0000
To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
CC: Public Joint XSLT XQuery XPath <public-xsl-query@w3.org>
Message-ID: <41539B7FA57A2A4A9FB00AB9F328823369516D1B@MX104CL01.corp.emc.com>

Mike Kay wrote:

> How about <[ ]> <{ }> ? I like the fact that it retains the tradition of using angle brackets 
> for switching between literal text and non-text information. “<[“ has vague connotations 
> of CDATA sections, and <{ retains the “{“ which is associated with embedded expressions 
> elsewhere in the language. And it’s visually clear.

Works for me.

But I'll shoot the first person who suggests <![SMARTQUOTE[ ... ]]>

Jonathan

Received on Monday, 14 September 2015 16:26:23 UTC