Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949319F9FC6 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:11:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95082-02 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:11:39 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 141559F9FE8 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:11:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l84EBUZD024262; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:11:30 -0400 (EDT) To: Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, Decibel! , Oleg Bartunov , Pavel Stehule Subject: Re: Code examples In-reply-to: <200709041101.54641.peter_e@gmx.net> References: <162867790709021328i7771aa9jfe79268bccbf123d@mail.gmail.com> <200709040229.29591.peter_e@gmx.net> <6062.1188866394@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200709041101.54641.peter_e@gmx.net> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:01:54 +0200" Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:11:30 -0400 Message-ID: <24261.1188915090@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200709/5 X-Sequence-Number: 4403 Peter Eisentraut writes: > Am Dienstag, 4. September 2007 02:39 schrieb Tom Lane: >> C code that's been hacked until it passes for SGML isn't compilable. > I don't understand this point. Why would SGML care what the C code looks > like? &, <, and > need to be hacked so that SGML doesn't barf on them. Unfortunately, all three symbols are a bit commonplace in C code. Now admittedly this can be fixed with moderately simple search-and-replaces, but it's still another obstacle in the path of someone who actually wishes to use the code for its intended purpose, or even someone who would like to find out if the examples aren't broken. regards, tom lane