On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 23:20, Jeff Turner wrote: > Character entities (Ӓ) are handy though, for storing 16 bit unicode > chars in a utf8/ascii project.xml. Hopefully xpp3 distinguishes > character entities from external entities.
I believe they do, but the source is so small it wouldn't be hard to wangle it in. > --Jeff > > On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:50:41PM -0400, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:24, Dion Gillard wrote: > > > Given that they're a standard part of XML, and that the m2 project > > > descriptor in one form will be an XML document, why would they not be > > > available? > > > > If decided that the native mechanisms would work best, which I > > definitely think would be the case as there would be one standard way > > that work whereas the use of XML entities could be used in any fashion, > > then I would disable their use them in the xpp3 parser. > > > > I honestly cannot see any cases where entities would be beneficial with > > what's running now in m2. Also, with some of the more advanced features > > in m2 for conflict resolution amongst dependencies, better jar > > overriding, and better general handling of artifacts exact control over > > processing becomes necessary. I would really like to avoid having to > > locate the source of a problem by finding the source of an entity. > > > > In addition things like accurate authoring will have difficulty dealing > > with entities. If you, say, have a GUI that is allowing you to fix a > > conflict, or align dependencies then we can provide the exact > > information to client code to find the source of the conflict. > > > > I don't see any upside to entities at all in m2 and I think they would > > actually be harmful. Nothing special happens with the processing of XML > > in m1 so it doesn't really matter. But sophisticated tools will need > > exacting control whether than be our own like the conflict resolution > > mechanism or GUI tools. > > > > -- > > jvz. > > > > Jason van Zyl > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://maven.apache.org > > > > happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will > > elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come > > and sit softly on your shoulder ... > > > > -- Thoreau > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://maven.apache.org happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder ... -- Thoreau --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
