On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:21:10AM -0500, Paul Everitt wrote:
Chris wrote:
<?ztml #var arg ?>
Ahh, tis nuthin better than seeing a patch accompany a proposal :^)
One tries to be productive, no matter how boring the tweek :-)
Here's my main beef with this. The ostensible goal of the XML syntax is to make it parse-able by new tools. Unfortunately, a valid use of the current syntax:
<font size="<!--#var font_size-->">
which is legal, would become:
<font size="<?ztml #var arg ?>">
which *not* valid XML...is it? That is, can you have markup inside markup?
Well, my quick re-read of the XML spec is unclear in regards to the exact tag in question... It's most certainly NOT acceptable to put other tags inside say regular paired tag (start/end tag) or a standalone tag, but a PI tag is not really discussed, and it does have special dispensation according to the document, in that it is one of the few tags in which the < and & caharacters don't have to be escaped. It's clearly meant for what I've used it for... Now, whether XML parsers interpret this the same way, I don't know... BTW, the W3C really needs to NOT use hideously ugly backgrounds behind their standards... it's nearlyt impossible to read the XML standard online from the horrendous background pattern. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | petrilli@amber.org