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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:40:50 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] <?xml tags (was PDM Meeting Notes)
From: matthew@teh.ath.cx ("Matthew C. Kavanagh")

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 22:32 +0100, Johannes Schlueter wrote:
> It isn't about the XML standard but about exceptions for the PHP parser and 
> why should <?xml be treated different from <?jsp or <?xsl or <?foo or ... 
> which all are used (hm, not sure about <?foo) and sometimes even in 
> combination with PHP.

I recall this being discussed before, but not what came of it: is there
a problem with just ignoring <?foo where foo is anything other than php
or =? <?foo or <?bar or <?whatever is a parse error anyway so I very
much doubt there's any BC break. Unless someone's program relies on
parse errors.