Re: XML-safe property names

Francois Beausoleil wrote:
> Hello Julian,
>
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 01:37:11 +0000, "Julian Foad"
> <julianfoad@btopenworld.com> said:
> [snip]
>
>>I have just committed (r7528) a check in libsvn_client that each property
>>name being set is in the form of an XML "Name", which is:
>
> [snip]
>
>>The restriction is enforced on "propset" (and "propedit", after exiting
>>the editor). The idea of this is to prevent people from creating any
>
> Wouldn't it have been more useful to do it before opening the editor ?

Yes, that would have been more friendly, but that would have required the check being in the client rather than (or as well as) in the libraries, which did not feel like a good way to do it.

After a while, we can put the restriction on all property accesses, including "get", and then the "propedit" operation will fail at the "get" stage before opening the editor. So this is only a temporary unfriendliness.

- Julian

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Received on Mon Oct 27 14:40:30 2003