----- Original Message -----
> Tony Graham wrote:
>
> > You don't have a way to "escape" decimal references.  By definition,
> > numeric character references are to Unicode characters.
> >
>
> Can't you "escape" them by escaping the ampersand?

Yes, but after that pass, it gets reduced to an entity.  Another pass and
it's become a unicode or special character.  If the document gets handled by
more than one namespace handler on subsequent passes or something, it gets
reduced with each pass until it's not XML-compliant anymore.

    -Sean

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