[DFDL-WG] minor spec correction Appendix 33

[Mike Beckerle]

Ok I found language which makes this clear. I'll add the example row to the
Appendix table.

The answer is that the / is removed.

So a row needs to say Data = "........................"  Result =
"............/........."

...mike

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'd like to confirm understanding of a particular simple case of escape
> sequences.
>
> Suppose the escape character is "/"
>
> Suppose the delimiter is ";".
>
> If the data stream contains abcd/efgh then does the logical data retain,
> or remove the escape character? (or cause an error?)
>
> This is the case where the escape character isn't escaping anything, so
> the question is whether its special status as escape character is therefor
> ignored, treating it as a constituent character, or it is some sort of
> error we detect.
>
> I was surprised to not find this as row 2 of the table in Section 31.1.
>
> ...mike
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Steve Hanson <smh at uk.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> Agree. Please make an editorial change. No need to raise an errata.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Steve Hanson
>> Architect, Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
>> Co-Chair, *OGF DFDL Working Group* <http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/>
>> IBM SWG, Hursley, UK*
>> **smh at uk.ibm.com* <smh at uk.ibm.com>
>> tel:+44-1962-815848
>>
>>
>>
>> From:        Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
>> To:        dfdl-wg at ogf.org
>> Date:        11/09/2012 15:28
>> Subject:        [DFDL-WG] minor spec correction Appendix 33
>> Sent by:        dfdl-wg-bounces at ogf.org
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>>
>>
>>
>> These tables are awesomely useful, but very badly labelled.
>>
>> Columns Data and Result should be labeled "Logical Data" and "Physical
>> Data".
>>
>> ...mikeb
>>
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