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Bug 873 - XML validation of javascript decrement variable by 1 using --
Summary: XML validation of javascript decrement variable by 1 using --
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Parser (show other bugs)
Version: 0.7.0
Hardware: Other other
: P2 trivial
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Terje Bless
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://e-cycling.szm.sk
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Reported: 2004-09-07 12:03 UTC by michal.szalai
Modified: 2004-09-07 12:24 UTC (History)
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Description michal.szalai 2004-09-07 12:03:09 UTC 
Hi. I wanted to use on my page:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    var index = 10;
    index--;
//-->
</script>

From SGML parser I got this error on line where index-- is:
invalid comment declaration: found character ";" outside comment but inside 
comment declaration

Of course I can use index=index-1; or index-=1; but I like to use index--;
Comment 1 Bj 2004-09-07 12:24:53 UTC 
You cannot do that, comments in XML documents must not include "--". Please 
also see http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_4 you cannot use <!-- ... --> in 
<script> elements in XHTML documents at all, user agents must ignore the 
content of <!-- ... --> so your scripts won't work when the document is 
processed as XML.