Re: sgml cleanup: unescaped '>' characters

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On tor, 2011-09-01 at 10:17 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > > >> as well as seemingly-invalid SGML, such as using '>' unescaped inside
> > > > >> normal SGML entries.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unescaped > is valid, AFAIK.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, that's interesting. I took a quick look at "The SGML FAQ book",
> > > > page 73 [1], which supports this claim.
> > > >
> > > > But I notice we've been fixing such issues in the recent past (e.g.
> > > > commit d420ba2a2d4ea4831f89a3fd7ce86b05eff932ff). Don't we want to
> > > > continue doing so? Not to mention the fact that we have
> > > > ./src/tools/find_gt_lt, which while somewhat broken, has the
> > > > ostensible goal of finding such problems in the SGML. Or do we want to
> > > > stop worrying about '>' entirely, and rename find_gt_lt to find_lt,
> > > > instead?
> > >
> > > > [1] http://books.google.com/books?id=OyJHFJsnh10C&lpg=PA229&ots=DGkYDdvbhE&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false
> > >
> > > I don't know what the rationale for this tool is. I have never used it.
> > > Clearly, the reference shows, and the tools we use confirm, that it is
> > > not necessary to use it.
> >
> > I have updated the scripts and instructions accordingly.
>
> That still leaves open why we bother about escaping <.

The problem is that I often add SGML that has:

if (1 < 0) ...

I need something to warn me about those, especially in the release
notes.

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