Hi Patrick,
On Saturday, 2009-12-19 11:34:34 -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Whirring away on untangling the portability portions but curious about
> the use of XML character classes.
>
> Makes sense if we are talking about XML text, makes less sense if we are
> talking about strings in general. Just use Unicode character classes
> with the correct references.
>
> Was there some overt reason for choosing XML character classes?
What exactly are you talking about? Is this about LetterXML, DigitXML,
... in the syntax definitions, referring XML10
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/ appendix B Character Classes?
What would be the equivalent Unicode classes?
Eike
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