- From: Peter Murray-Rust <Peter@ursus.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 23:48:21 GMT
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
In message <199705151422.PAA06052@curia.ucc.ie> Peter Flynn writes: [...] > > There is of course no reason why they could not just as well be used to > pass signals to the XML processor, as currently proposed, either generically > with <?XML version="1.0" rmd="none?> or specifically like <?JUMBO %mol=7?> I kept quiet on this, but have to confirm that I have been using <?JUMBO ...?> PIs :-). I find them quite useful, and would be sorry to see them go. Essentially I have been using them as interim patches until stylesheets come along, but also to develop prototype modes of behaviour. This has similarities to #if DEBUG #endif in C programs - i.e. they are very useful for development work but there are probably better long-term solutions. Since there are always going to be things under development, this is at least one valuable role for PIs. I would also strongly urge that there is a (Name="Value")* syntax because then an application (*not* a parser) requires minimal coding. (I asked about this a little while ago and took the silence to assume this was so well agreed it didn't require comment :-) For example, I'm working on <?JUMBO MODE="draconian"?> (the default is worse :-) P. -- Peter Murray-Rust, domestic net connection Virtual School of Molecular Sciences http://www.vsms.nottingham.ac.uk/
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