[OSM-dev] Potlatch - Richard... I know

[Matt Amos]

2009/3/31 Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de>:
> So if I use < 'as char' to be a delimiter for the to uniquely sorted list, I
> can after this operation use < 'as char' to split it?

no, because the xml <tag k="<tag>" v="<val">"/> is
decoded into k="<tag>", v="<val\">" (using C escaping).

a form of escaping is already done for the nodes in 0.5 schema, but
this has caused problems in the past. for 0.6 we are moving to a tags
table with key/value columns for all element types.

> Anyway; take any non occuring value as delimiter, to stop this discussion,
> while we still have a broken api on way:

to stop this discussion: 0.6 fixes this in less than 3 weeks.

if this is really annoying you that much, please take a holiday for 3
weeks and come back. the referential integrity, tagging and other
problems you're having to deal with will be gone* and the world will
be a happier place!

cheers,

matt

* hopefully. i guarantee nothing ;-)