[r6rs-discuss] XML line endings

From: Chris Hanson <cph>
Date: Mon Nov 20 19:48:49 2006

Per Bothner wrote:
>> If someone sends me an XML document, it could be either version 1.0 or
>> 1.1 (or even later), so I the parser needs to be able to set the eol
>> style to the right value for the document's version.
>
> Why? Just set it to allow all the 1.1 encodings. Unless I guess
> you're in anally-reject-anything-not-strict-xml-1.0-mode ....

Well, as a quintessentially anal hacker, I consider that a requirement.
   (Anyone want to try to out-anal me? :)

Not to mention that the anal behavior is required for conformance.
Received on Mon Nov 20 2006 - 19:48:39 UTC