Re: AW: Dots in input's names interefere with dots in XML element names?

You may want to use '/' as the separator --this will keep
you in sync with XPath and also solve your present
difficulties with '.'.


>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Hubick <chris@hubick.com> writes:

    Chris> Hi.  I am implementing XForms using a combination
    Chris> of Java and ECMAScript (JavaScript/JScript).  I
    Chris> am using a Java applet implementation, proxying
    Chris> through LiveConnect
    Chris> (netscape.javascript.JSObject) to HTML forms.

    Chris> I am having problems using either '.' or '/' as
    Chris> qualifiers in names.  Neither of these characters
    Chris> are valid script identifiers. From what I can
    Chris> tell, the character '.' is interpreted as an
    Chris> object hierarchy separator, and '/' as the
    Chris> division operator.  The ECMA Script 262-3
    Chris> specification, section 7.6, specification states
    Chris> that even if you use unicode escapes in your
    Chris> scripts, the character codes these evaluate to
    Chris> must also be valid identifier characters.  It
    Chris> also states that aside from alphanumeric
    Chris> characters, '$' and '_' may also be used, and
    Chris> that '$' is intended for use in mechanically
    Chris> generated code.  I am currently using '$', with
    Chris> no problems, to get my code working.  I have not
    Chris> used XPath, but as I understand it..it probably
    Chris> does not place script writers in the position of
    Chris> needing to use '/' as an identifier, but rather
    Chris> just in strings...which is fine.

    Chris> How does the working group expect scripts to deal
    Chris> with these characters?  Have others not had
    Chris> problems with '/' in scripts?

    Chris> I would like to vote for '$' (or '_') as a better
    Chris> alternative to '/'.

    Chris> Much Thanks.

    Chris> --- Chris Hubick mailto:chris@hubick.com
    Chris> http://www.hubick.com/


    Chris> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian
    Chris> Schnitzenbaumer" <schnitz@mozquito.com> To:
    Chris> "Mikko Honkala" <Mikko.Honkala@iki.fi> Cc:
    Chris> <www-forms@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 01,
    Chris> 2000 4:24 PM Subject: DEL: AW: Dots in input's
    Chris> names interefere with dots in XML element names?


    >> Hey Mikko,
    >> 
    >> > Maybe something else than '.' should be used as the
    >> separator in XForms, > e.g. '/' as in XPath.
    >> 
    >> we've decided at our last FtF that we will choose "/"
    >> as in XPath instead of dots. So stay tuned for the
    >> next version of the XForms Spec.
    >> 
    >> BTW, Please keep posting to this mailing list. Even
    >> though a lot of emails don't get answered, be assured
    >> that the XForms Working Group *is* listening.
    >> 
    >> Regards,
    >> 
    >> Sebastian Co-chair W3C XForms WG
    >> 

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Received on Thursday, 16 November 2000 12:57:01 UTC