Re: XML implementation in abyss.conf

[loloyd]

Hi Aprelium,

I would like to ask you about your XML implementation in abyss.conf. I noticed that "standalone" tags such as:

<names/>
<errormessage/>
<rules/>
<default/>

have their tag-names immediately attached with "/>". To my understanding of a proper XML implementation, shouldn't a whitespace be wedged between them? Like such:

<names />
<errormessage />
<rules />
<default />

I am asking this because I am developing an abyss.conf (or some general XML) tidying utility, with sorting algos and other hacks.

Thanks!
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[aprelium]

[loloyd]

Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

I remember having read somewhere that " />" should be used to terminate empty tags in HTML. Or maybe, I just got used to seeing "<br />" in supposedly HTML-compliant web-page source codes. It appears that I'm also marrying HTML standards and XML standards too much.

Hmm... I guess my low-level parser would just have to settle with watching for "/>" to catch them empty tags.

Thanks again.
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