& XSLT I think it's not a problem to add a sentence like:

"Each hash reference passed as argument to a handler method MUST contain 
all properties listed for the method in this document, failing which the 
event stream is not conforming the Perl SAX API. On the contrary, the 
hash references MAY contain additional properties without loss of 
conformance."


Robin Berjon wrote:

>  On Oct 20, 2005, at 01:21, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> 
> > If you really do not to make rules for the handlers, then the
> > Perl-SAX spec should at least explicitly say that behaviour in
> > the case of fragmentary streams is undefined; so that users know
> > to expect that fragmentary streams should not be expected to
> > work.
> 
> 
>  Well, the spec doesn't use RFC 2119 wording (maybe it should) but  
>  it's quite clear as to what a conformant stream is. It always says  
>  "foo is a hash reference with these properties: (list)". If you omit  
>  some of those properties, you're not conforming to the spec and will  
>  get implementation-dependent behavior (because error handling hasn't  
>  been strongly enough specified).
> 


-- 
Petr Cimprich
Ginger Alliance
www.gingerall.com

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