[x3d-public] MFString quoting [was: interesting sample]

[Don Brutzman]

On 4/26/2017 7:10 AM, Andreas Plesch wrote:
> 
> 
> On Apr 25, 2017 11:16 PM, "Michalis Kamburelis"
> 
>     So
> 
>        " ' MFString or SFString ? ' "
> 
>     is either
>     - an incorrect MFString (you cannot use ' to delimit parts within MFString)
> 
> Yes, you are right, that is incorrect.

agreed that is incorrect

> But that brings up SFStrings.
> When not used as part of an MFString, they still have the double quote requirement while XML allows both single or double quotes.
agreed for SFString values.  Equivalent constructs:

XML
	<WorldInfo title='Hello world!'/>
	<WorldInfo title="Hello world!"/>

ClassicVRML and VRML encodings do not permit such variation, simply

	WorldInfo {
	  title "Hello world!"
	}

all the best, Don
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