From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: sgml cleanup: unescaped '>' characters
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 14:17:25 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <201109011817.p81IHPh13964@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1314900893.8596.0.camel@vanquo.pezone.net>
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On tor, 2011-09-01 at 10:17 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > > >> as well as seemingly-invalid SGML, such as using '>' unescaped inside
> > > > >> normal SGML entries.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unescaped > is valid, AFAIK.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, that's interesting. I took a quick look at "The SGML FAQ book",
> > > > page 73 [1], which supports this claim.
> > > >
> > > > But I notice we've been fixing such issues in the recent past (e.g.
> > > > commit d420ba2a2d4ea4831f89a3fd7ce86b05eff932ff). Don't we want to
> > > > continue doing so? Not to mention the fact that we have
> > > > ./src/tools/find_gt_lt, which while somewhat broken, has the
> > > > ostensible goal of finding such problems in the SGML. Or do we want to
> > > > stop worrying about '>' entirely, and rename find_gt_lt to find_lt,
> > > > instead?
> > >
> > > > [1] http://books.google.com/books?id=OyJHFJsnh10C&lpg=PA229&ots=DGkYDdvbhE&pg=PA73#v=onepage...
> > >
> > > I don't know what the rationale for this tool is. I have never used it.
> > > Clearly, the reference shows, and the tools we use confirm, that it is
> > > not necessary to use it.
> >
> > I have updated the scripts and instructions accordingly.
>
> That still leaves open why we bother about escaping <.
The problem is that I often add SGML that has:
if (1 < 0) ...
I need something to warn me about those, especially in the release
notes.
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