[xsl] dashes in xsl:comment not allowed

Subject: [xsl] dashes in xsl:comment not allowed
From: "MacEwan, James (Information Services)" <James.MacEwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:54:55 -0500
Hi,

This one threw me for a loop.  I was thinking that I could just about any
text inside an xsl:comment.  Not so.
Apparently one cannot put a sequence of two dashes (AKA hyphen) in a comment
nor end the comment in a dash.

e.g.  I wanted to put a visible demarcation in my HTML output using dashes
in a comment.

<xsl:comment> ---------------- Do not read below this line
------------------</xsl:comment>

My work around is to put in periods
<xsl:comment> ................ Do not read below this line
..................</xsl:comment>

Are there other character rules that I should know about xsl:comment?  
Is this something that should be put in dpawson's FAQ?

Thanks,




-James MacEwan
Software Developer
Investors Group Inc.
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