Re: [PROPOSAL] Drop XML from .svn/entries

On 2006-04-17 17:12:39 -0400, Greg Hudson wrote:
> What if a field consists of just "\f"?
>
> I can live with the idea, but instead of trying to make up a
> distinguished terminator field value, you might want to start each field
> with a field marker charater (say, a space) and then make the terminator
> line blank. It's some extra bytes, but it's more general.

Yes, but I'd avoid the space as a marker character, as for empty
fields, it could be removed by a text editor (for those who need
to fix things manually, do tests, debug and so on). Also, another
character would be more visible.

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