On 29 Nov 2007, at 23:02, Hampton wrote:
> I was unaware that XML requires a double quote.

So was I, but I've read the XML specification, so it's not for lack of  
interest. Where are double quotes required? What issue are you  
responding to here? The spec's section on attribute literal syntax 
(http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#IDANUDS 
) explicitly says that they can be single- or double-quoted (and  
therefore can't contain literal double- and single-quote characters  
respectively) which is the way I've always understood it, but perhaps  
I'm missing something obvious.

That being said, it's my personal preference to use double-quotes in  
XML wherever possible -- perhaps just because they're less likely to  
appear in attribute values, so fewer entity references are required --  
and for that reason (+ laziness) I'd be pleased to see Haml's default  
changed to double-quotes. I think it's just the less surprising  
option, particularly since I'm sure there are plenty of newbies who  
don't realise apostrophes are allowed at all.

Cheers,
-Tom

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