Re: [xml] bug in xpath/xpointer ids processing?

[Aleksey Sanin <aleksey aleksey com>]

>  No, that's a violation of the XML spec:
>    http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#sec-attribute-types
>  "Values of type ID must match the Name production."
>  [5]    Name    ::=    (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)*
>
>  The ID name is not correct. This is not reported because apparently
> the document isn't validated, but since it's not a Name, this can't be used
> as an ID and xpath code is perfectly right in checking and preventing its
> use as an id.
>
>  The libxml2 code should not be changed in this case. And you should 
> report the error to your user before he think he can deploy instance of
> documents with + in ID names.
>  
Cool! Thanks for clarification!

Aleksey