[XML-SIG] comments and -- in SAX

Mike F Miller mikem@ichips.intel.com
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:36:46 -0700


I've run into something in the SAX validation code that I'm not 
sure is entirely correct. Basically, I've got a double dash inside
of a comment, and SAX doesn't seem to like it at all. Is this legal
XML and SAX is legitimately complaining or am I doing something 
that's illegal in my XML comments?

Thanks,

 - Mike Miller
   mikem@ichips.intel.com

---XML file--------------------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE pandc SYSTEM "pandc.dtd">
<pandc>
<!--   -->


<!-- bla bla bla   -->
<!-- bla bla bla   -->
<!--    --shawn    -->


</pandc>

---Error produced (most are from my code) ------------------------------

$TCHAIN/lib/XMLDocumentHandler.py:284: in function parseFile -  processing xml file mp_system.oldmax.xml
$TCHAIN/lib/XMLDocumentHandler.py:284: in function parseFile -  processing xml file mp_system.xml
$TCHAIN/lib/XMLDocumentHandler.py:284: in function parseFile -  processing xml file feed.frog.xml
FATAL ERROR in feed.frog.xml:9:9: '-->' expected
***************************************************************************
*
*  XML Errors found exiting
*
***************************************************************************

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