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bug#46764: Extra ">" sails right past XML validator
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#46764: Extra ">" sails right past XML validator |
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Date: |
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:30:00 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org> writes:
> ">" is not a special character at top level in XML; <M>></M> is well-formed.
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> I agree that it is an easy mistake to make and overlook. Perhaps an
> optional warning would be helpful?
Well, if it is valid (and it is), then I don't really see how adding an
optional warning here would be all that helpful, either -- it seems
kinda beyond the remit of the validator here to teach XML syntax?
So I'm closing this bug report.
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