Re: [draft-freed-sieve-in-xml-02] Escaping "*/" In Structured Comments

[Philip Guenther <guenther+mtafilters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote:
...
> Proposal
> --------
> To "4.2. Structured Comments" Add:
> 
>  If "*/" is found in the XML content, when mapped into a comment it
>  would prematurely terminate that comment. Escaping of this sequence
>  would often be inconvenient for processors. Editors SHALL NOT include
>  "*/" within displayblock, displaydata or foreign markup. Processors MAY
>  regard documents containing "*/" in foreign markup, displayblock
>  or displaydata as invalid.

Ick.  Wouldn't it be better to tell processors to generate '#' style 
comments instead of /*...*/ style comments, at least in that case?


> To "5. Security Considerations" Add:
> 
>  Little effective protection can be offered by a processor to the user
>  of a malicious editor.

How is this specific to sieve-in-xml and not just a general consideration 
for anyone using any editor for any purpose?


Philip Guenther