On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Michael Glavassevich wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I'm going to out on a limb, and guessing that you're using SUN JRE 1.4.2 > to compile Xerces.
how did you ever guess? :-) > Appearently the translation of Unicode escapes in 1.4.2 > doesn't work according to the JLS > (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/lexical.doc.html#95504). > > '\u005cu' should be translated to '\u', but it seems to be processed > further as a new unicode escape sequence. If you have an account with the > Sun Developer Network, you can have a look at the bug report at: > > http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4863451.html > > We've worked around the problem, so if you extract the version in CVS, or > wait until the next release, you'll be able to compile the parser with > 1.4.2. In order to compile Xerces 2.4.0, you should try using an earlier > SUN JRE, or one from another vendor. or i could just be lazy and work with the pre-built xerces binaries, which i assume are just fine. i didn't have any overwhelming need to build from source, i just didn't have anything better to do this morning. so i'll just leave this alone, and go with the binaries. thanks. rday p.s. there's no known problem *running* the xerces binaries with sun's JRE 1.4.2, right? just the building part. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
