Issue 6052: Any string content clarification (deployment-ftf)
Source: Zuehlke Engineering (Mr. Frank Pilhofer, fpilhofer2008(at)gmail.com)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: According to section 9.5.6, "the SimpleValue element is used for
primitive values, enum values and object references. Its value
attribute contains a stringified representation of the primitive
value."


It goes on, "for char, wchar, string, wstring types, the value
attribute holds an unquoted literal (i.e. no single or double
quotes, and no leading L prefix) that conforms to the IDL
syntax and semantics chapter."


This was intended to allow inclusion of escaped characters such
as \x0d. However, that is unnecessary, as XML is perfectly able
to process Unicode and escape arbitrary (and markup) characters
in itself, such as 


Proposed resolution:


Replace the 10th sentence of the first paragraph of section 9.5.6,


  For char, wchar, string, wstring types, the value attribute
  holds an unquoted literal (i.e. no single or double quotes,
  and no leading L prefix) that conforms to the IDL syntax and
  semantics chapter.


to read


  For the char and wchar types, the value attribute holds a
  string of length 1.
Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
August 12, 2003: received issue
Discussion: 

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Subject: Any string content clarification 
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:29:55 -0400 
Thread-Topic: Any string content clarification 
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According to section 9.5.6, "the SimpleValue element is used for
primitive values, enum values and object references. Its value
attribute contains a stringified representation of the primitive
value."


It goes on, "for char, wchar, string, wstring types, the value
attribute holds an unquoted literal (i.e. no single or double
quotes, and no leading L prefix) that conforms to the IDL
syntax and semantics chapter."


This was intended to allow inclusion of escaped characters such
as \x0d. However, that is unnecessary, as XML is perfectly able
to process Unicode and escape arbitrary (and markup) characters
in itself, such as &#xd;


Proposed resolution:


Replace the 10th sentence of the first paragraph of section 9.5.6,


  For char, wchar, string, wstring types, the value attribute
  holds an unquoted literal (i.e. no single or double quotes,
  and no leading L prefix) that conforms to the IDL syntax and
  semantics chapter.


to read


  For the char and wchar types, the value attribute holds a
  string of length 1