>  <!ENTITY % begin '<!ENTITY % value "str'>
>  <!ENTITY % end 'ing">'>
>  <!ENTITY % all '%begin;%end;'>
>  %all;
> 
>  This seems valid to me (as well as all other possible constructions of the
>  'all' entity that come from recursively expanding PEs).  Do others agree?

If you interpret the Proper Declaration/PE Nesting validity constraint as
applying only to PEReferences outside entity value literals, then what you
have is ok, but %begin;%end; instead of %all; would be invalid. Otherwise,
not. No doubt someone here knows what was _meant_.


Bob Foster




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