Re: XML write crash

On 02/07/2014 11:01 PM, Alan Baljeu wrote:
> ERROR: [Thread 2] Assertion failed: sgml_write:fail
>    [32] backtrace(10) at c:/program files/pl/library/prolog_stack.pl:376
>    [31] prolog_debug:assertion_failed(fail,sgml_write:fail) at c:/program files/pl/library/debug.pl:303
> etc.

The etc. is where the interesting part starts :-)  Anyway, in this case
I can manage without as there is only one assertion(fail) in this library.

> This comes up when trying to write the term [value = '36785', value =
> '36786'] as element content. Now, I didn't actually want to write
> this, but there is also no documentation that I can see which
> restricts what might be used as element content.  Can anyone advise?

It is the inverse of the sgml/html/xml reading.  library(sgml) defines
the output.  It only is a bit more flexible wrt. input types.

> Anyway, it might be nice to put in a clearer message when write
> fails, because it's a beast to try to discern which element, or
> portion thereof, is the problem.

I replaced the assertion with a type error.

	Cheers --- Jan