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[Jelks Cabaniss]

Daniel Lawson wrote:

>> The XML spec says:

>> 

>>     For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) must not

>>     occur within comments.

 

> That stinks if you're trying to comment out any section of a web page

> that contains code using the decrement operator.


If you're talking about Javascript embedded in XHTML, those should not be
wrapped in comments, but in CDATA sections.  

Wrapping scripts inside `<!-- -->` started mid nineties to "hide" scripts
from JS-unaware browsers.  Even though there aren't any such beasts any
more, a number of people still blindly do it.  But an XML parser will choke
on `--` inside comments, so it's probably best to get in the habit of using
CDATA sections for Javascript.  (HTML Tidy will do this for you, by the
way.)


/Jelks