Re: An incompatible CData idea

David G. Durand (dgd@cs.bu.edu)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:36:29 -0500

At 11:40 PM -0500 10/27/97, James Clark wrote:
>> Instead, you must use CDATA marked sections:
>> <![ CDATA [ <contents> to </be> quoted ]]>
>
>It has to be "<![CDATA[" (no whitespace).
>
>> If you need the ]]> delimiter in the CDATA area, you must escape it via
>>the use
>> of entities.
>
>Entities aren't recognized in CDATA sections.
>
>James

Thanks for the corrections. I posted too quickly, and should have double
checked since I use CDATA sections so rarely.

-- David

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