> I think David agrees with me that XML processors do not have enough
> information to make the decision about whether entity references should be
> expanded or not.
What about an XML processor that (as a part of its design) never expands
external entity references?
For example, one might want to have an ultrafast XML processor that
works only from a string input source and can therefore operate
in embedded environments. It cannot have a SAX interface as SAX
is currently defined without violating XML 1.0.
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