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  • From: jcowan AT reutershealth.com
  • To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] makeWhiteSpaceInElementContent
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:46:03 -0500

Elliotte Rusty Harold scripsit:

> Does anyone actually need the makeWhiteSpaceInElementContent method
> in NodeFactory?

The whole concept is an SGML relic: blow it away.

> In my experience, most programmers who want to distinguish white
> space in element content form other white space don't really want to
> do that. What they really want to eliminate is boundary white space,
> regardless of what the DTD says or whether there's a DTD. This could
> still be done with an appropriate NodeFactory subclass, just as it is
> done now.

Just so.

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