perl-unicode

Re: In-Band Information Considered Harmful

1998-10-24 15:26:52
According to abigail(_at_)fnx(_dot_)com:
You, Chip Salzenberg, wrote:
++ I disagree.  Before you try to make this assertion again, please
++ explain how Perl would properly handle the 'll' case with code-based
++ metadata.

That's rather trivial. Any SGML based document will have a DTD that
gives you this information.

You don't get the context.  No one sane would suggest that full DTD
parsing be a required part of the RE engine.
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