Matt Sergeant <matt@[...].org>  writes:

>  On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Steve Tinney wrote:

>  > So, if you want to process the text content as a unit, you just
>  > collect it up and operated on it when you get and end tag event.
>  
>  Or comment, or PI, or start tag, or... :-)

Since this is a very common error or misconception, I was wondering if
there weren't some way to re-address it so it becomes much more
obvious and I think I have it: A parser feature specifying the maximum
number of characters to return in a single characters() call:

 *  >  0 for a given maximum size
 *  0 for unlimited (watch out!), and
 *  -1 for "as the parser sees fit"

-1 is the current behavior and would be the default for this feature.

0 would automatically collect all characters into one call, which is
what most people who run into this are looking for, even if it can
bite them sometimes.

This way, whenever this question comes up, we can simply point to the
feature, which will include a summary of the issues and code fragments
for how to deal with consecutive characters() calls.

Anyone else think that would help?

  -- Ken
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