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Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?

From: "Michael Kay" <mike AT saxonica.com>
To: "'Elliotte Harold'" <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:06:50 +0100

> This would be a major hassle for C and other
> languages that
> use null delimited strings.

I suspect that the character #x10000; is a major hassle for C programmers
too, but that's not a good argument for disallowing it.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zero character legal? , (continued)
- Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zero character legal?, Wolfgang Hoschek, 07/28/2005
- Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Michael Kay, 07/28/2005
  - Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, John Cowan, 07/28/2005
    - Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Wolfgang Hoschek, 07/28/2005
      - Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Michael Kay, 07/28/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, John.Cowan, 07/28/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Michael Kay, 07/28/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Wolfgang Hoschek, 07/28/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, John.Cowan, 07/29/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Elliotte Harold, 07/29/2005
        
        Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zerocharacter legal?, Michael Kay, 07/29/2005
- Re: [XOM-interest] Is XML Text or CDATA that includes the zero character legal?, John Cowan, 07/28/2005