RE: [xml-dev] XML 1.1 and Unicode normalization

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Rick Jelliffe' <>,
Date
2003-06-09T07:48:14Z
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<004401c32e5b$7b3ef110$6401a8c0@pcukmka>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] XML 1.1 and Unicode normalization
> It is the basic law of interpreting specifications that when 
> faced with a silly interpretation and a sensible one, you 
> pick the sensible one: "Don't panic, Private Godfrey!"  The 
> idea that Charmod bans anyone from providing 
> text-processing software to help fix problems is so silly it 
> is seems obstinate.

I agree that the literal reading of the spec is clearly absurd. My
problem is that I haven't been able to come up with any possible
interpretation of the words in the spec that actually makes sense.

Michael Kay