[XML-SIG] expat namespace_separator in Python 2.1
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake@acm.org
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:50:40 -0400 (EDT)
Uche Ogbuji writes:
> James is quite right. The offending spec is RDF. Dr. Jonathan
> Borden has been carrying on a spirited campaign to get this fixed,
> but as of now, that's the way it is, and the former permissiveness
> of expat NS separators will need to be restored for proper RDF
> support, which is important enough, IMO, to warrant the sale of
> guns with bent muzzles.
OK, I'll make the adjustment to pyexpat.c, but I think it's bad to
perpetuate such vile brokeness. Whether or not its bad enough to use
guns with straight muzzles, well, I guess we'll all have to decide for
ourselves. ;-)
-Fred
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