19 Dec
2004
19 Dec
'04
9:39 p.m.
Jon A. Cruz wrote:
bulia byak wrote:
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and even preserve those prefixes?
Would be nice, but I think it's pretty low priority.
Actually, I think it's a higher priority, as it goes to underlying internal structure. Often converting a namespace-naive program into a namespace-saavy one after the fact can be quite a task. On the other hand, keeping the final goal in mind early on can greatly reduce the work.
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Could you elaborate on why it would be necessary to preserve the prefixes? Aren't they simply shorthands for the namespaces that have no meaning by themselves? (except for xmlns and perhaps one or two other special cases)