[ expat-Bugs-596555 ] rephrase "xml p.i." message

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Bugs item #596555, was opened at 2002-08-17 13:31
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Category: None
Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mike Brown (mike_j_brown)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: rephrase "xml p.i." message

Initial Comment:
expat.c contains this message:

    XML_L("xml processing instruction not at start of 
external entity"), but "xml processing instruction" is a 
misnomer.

Although this message appears when a processing 
instruction with the illegal target "xml" is encountered, 
the error message should not imply that the structure 
that belongs at the start of an external entity is a 
processing instruction.

I suggest changing this phrase to the more correct "XML 
or text declaration not at start of external entity" so as 
not to perpetuate common misconceptions.

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