From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:29:06 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: encoding/xml: document behavior for undefined name space prefixes
X-Git-Tag: go1.2rc2~217
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1385e394cf919e53a02ed4ecaef331a603128329;p=gostls13.git

encoding/xml: document behavior for undefined name space prefixes

Fixes #5626.

R=golang-dev, dominik.honnef
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/13702043
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diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/xml/xml.go b/src/pkg/encoding/xml/xml.go
index 467c2ae14f..5b9d670024 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/xml/xml.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/xml/xml.go
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ type Decoder struct {
 	//	d.Entity = HTMLEntity
 	//
 	// creates a parser that can handle typical HTML.
+	//
+	// Strict mode does not enforce the requirements of the XML name spaces TR.
+	// In particular it does not reject name space tags using undefined prefixes.
+	// Such tags are recorded with the unknown prefix as the name space URL.
 	Strict bool
 
 	// When Strict == false, AutoClose indicates a set of elements to