Re: [xml-dev] ANN: Gorille 0.3

From
Ronald Bourret <>
To
Tim Bray <>
Date
2002-01-10T23:15:17Z
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Re: [xml-dev] ANN: Gorille 0.3
Tim Bray wrote:
> Elliote is right about the irritating fact that a Java
> "char" isn't an XML character.  The nasty fact is that
> I suspect many Java application programmers will end up
> simply blowing off non-BMP text either through ignorance
> or based on a decision that it's not cost-effective.  -Tim

For those of us who *are* ignorant about this, could we get a quick
explanation? (Among other things, what's the difference between a
character and a "code point", assuming I'm using the correct
terminology...)

Thanks,

-- Ron