Re: Newline problems!!!

(Speaking for myself, not the W3C Core WG)

Jeswin P scripsit:

> A change of the newline character will have terrible repercussions for all 
> the existing XML apps that we distributed. This mail is to voice our 
> opposition to this proposal, and to protest against modifying XML so that 
> it conforms to the ambitions on one company (IBM).

We are adding an additional newline character which is mapped into the
existing #xA (LF) character on input.  This should have zero repercussions
on existing XML 1.0, and even in XML 1.1 you need not use it unless you
choose.

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Received on Friday, 18 October 2002 13:58:17 UTC