Re: [relax-ng] attributes in compact syntax

[James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>]

This doesn't work because of name classes.  The grammar relies on the
presence of "{" to tell when the name class ends.  If the value becomes
optional then it is ambiguous whether

  attribute foo|bar

means

  attribute foo { text } | bar

or

  attribute foo|bar { text }

James

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fitzgerald" <mike@wyeast.net>
To: "RELAX NG List" <relax-ng@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: [relax-ng] attributes in compact syntax


> Since we allow
>
> <attribute name="glorp"/>
>
> to be equivalent to
>
> <attribute name="glorp"><text/></attribute>
>
> couldn't we, in compact syntax, allow
>
> attribute glorp,
>
> to be the equivalent of
>
> attribute glorp { text }, ?
>
> In other words, if the next token after the attribute's name is a comma
and
> not a curly brace, the processor writes <text/>.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription
> manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>
>
>
>