Re: [xml-dev] Generic XML Tag Closer (GXTC)

• From: Tatu Saloranta <cowtowncoder@...>
• To: xml-dev@...
• Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:40:50 -0700 (PDT)

--- James Fuller <jim.fuller@...> wrote:

> Melvin Chin wrote:
> > May I seek some opinions on this topic/proposal?
>
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> > To extend XML spec just a little to permit use of
> "</>" (GXTC)
> > to be placed wherever it is permitted in the
> current XML spec
> > to place a closing tag.  The semantics will be to
> effect a
> > closing of the nearest open tag before the
> position of GXTC.
> >
>
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> 
> wondering what benefit to this other then some
> syntatic human orientated 
> sugar ?

Actually, I wouldn't really see it as human-oriented
at all (like Elliotte pointed out, removing the name
would be against human readability) thing, but rather
a simple compression method of redundant information.

And yes, chances of it happening are slim to none,
whether one considers it a good or bad thing.

-+ Tatu +-


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