RE: [libxml++] Bug in escaping of characters

[Loïc Joly <loic joly reportive com>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Daniel Veillard [mailto:veillard redhat com] 

> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 10:23:46AM +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > Maybe " and ' don't _need_ to be quoted. Hopefully someone else can 
> > comment.
> 
>   they are usually quoted only in attribute content, not in 
> element content where there is no need for it.

I agree that not escaping them in content does no harm. I'm not sure wether XML specification allows such a freedom or not. Anyway, I think at least a modification in the doc might be usefull.

FYI, I tried the same kind of test in an attribute, and " was replaced, but not ', which was correct since the attribute was delimited by ". 

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Loïc