On 8/31/05, Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Travis, Hey Danny,
> Putting pure binary bytes in an XML file has a flaw: the issue is that the > binary bytes themselves might contain characters that could be interpreted > as XML! Even if we wrap the content in CDATA, there's nothing that really > stops the bytes from containing the characters "]]>" to prematurely close > off the CDATA tag. Oh, sure. I didn't think that through, and if I had, I wouldn't have know how to work around it. > To get around this, we can use a technique called "ascii-armor" to wrap > protection around the troublesome binary text. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_armor Brilliant. I won't forget the term "ascii-armor" if I ever find myself in Johan's shoes and I've forgotten the details. > (Hey, look, an Elf! *grin*) HA! > Hope this helps! Tremendously. Thanks, Danny! -- Regards, Travis Spencer _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
