Re^3: parsing XML fragments (xml log files) with... a regex

my $data=   '(?: [^<>&]+ | &\#?\w+; )+';
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should be

my $data=   '(?: [^<&]+ | &\#?\w+; )+';
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XML allows for unescaped ">"

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Re^4: parsing XML fragments (xml log files) with... a regex by tye (Sage) on Mar 23, 2011 at 18:09 UTC
Yeah, XML got that wrong. I've never seen real XML that takes advantage of that and I always write my parsers to reject it, so I'll know if it ever happens. So far, my tiny universe of implementers of XML generators are smarter than the standard's authors on this point. :) - tye	[reply]