Re: [xml-dev] More questions about conformance and entities

> ><!ENTITY % e "<!-- a ">
> ><!ENTITY % f "%e;comment -->">
> 
> This is ok, because there is no comment here.  There will only be a
> comment if f is referenced at the top-level of the DTD, and at that
> point the start and end of the comment will both be in the same parameter
> entity (f).
> 
> But you couldn't do this:
> 
>   <!ENTITY % e "<!-- a ">
>   %e;comment -->


After carefully re-reading http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#vc-PEinMarkupDecl
I have to agree.

Karl