I must say that I am enjoying this thread immensely. :-) But I have an odd sense of humor and love a friendly and spirited argument.
Rick Hansen > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug with DOM2Writer > > > Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > > > Sam, in general I don't support the principle of becoming bug > > compatible. > > Oh, joy. A principles vs. pragmatism argument. > > A plea for sanity here: my own personal belief is that the > correct behavior > of code when receiving invalid input is undefined. So, let > me turn the > question around: why is the current behavior which produces > not well formed > output preferred over one that does? > > - Sam Ruby >
