[Expat-discuss] CDATA Handlers question

[Nick MacDonald]

Just guessing here... I've never needed to use CDATA for my Expat
usages...  but my guess is that its because a CDATA section could be
arbitrarily long... so... you might get a start, followed by any
number of "middle" reports for content, followed by the end.

On 12/12/05, Ori Avtalion <oavtal at bezeqint.net> wrote:
> Why do CDATA sections have seperate Start and End if their contents will
>   always be treated as character data and reported by the
> CharacterDataHandler?
>
> What use could two handlers serve?
> Shouldn't the section have a single handler like the comments handler?

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