Yeah, its been a while since we've had any interesting arguments on this list! Gotta wake up every once in a while ..
Sanjiva. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hansen, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 2:13 AM Subject: RE: Bug with DOM2Writer > 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 > >
