2280 2005-09-21 23:50:16 +0000 [FO] what is whitespace in a regular expression? 2007-02-25 23:44:21 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 1.0 Last Call drafts PC Windows 2000 CLOSED FIXED P2 trivial --- 1 fred.zemke ashok.malhotra public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 6397 0 fred.zemke 2005-09-21 23:50:17 +0000 I assume that the whitespace characters that are disregarded when mode 'x' is specified are the same as XML 1.0 production [3] S. It might be good to reference this rule explicitly. By the way, XML spells it "white space" whereas you spell it "whitespace". 6411 1 mike 2005-09-22 14:41:00 +0000 For the record, this comment is in the same area as bug 1922, though it's actually a distinct comment. Some of our specs, regrettably, have adopted the spelling "white space" as used in the base XML spec. Personally, I strongly prefer "whitespace" because the term does not mean "space that is white" (as contrasted with space that is red or green). Michael Kay 6495 2 ashok.malhotra 2005-09-27 15:25:41 +0000 The WGs decided on 9/27 to add a sentence to the description of the 'x' flag that says, in effect, that 'whitespace means the four characters x9, xA, xD and x20'. 6609 3 cowan 2005-09-29 12:45:07 +0000 As XML 1.1 and XML 1.0 3e editor, I tried to weed the term "white space" out of the specs, but the W3C wouldn't have it. Good luck. 14146 4 jim.melton 2007-02-25 23:44:21 +0000 Closing bug because commenter has not objected to the resolution posted and more than two weeks have passed.