illegal XML characters

Sometimes I dump binary data into XML. Being aware of illegal bytes (0-8,B-C,F-1F), I encode everything in base64. But there is a nice alernative way, just revealed by Roger Costello in the xml-dev maillist:

Move any illegal characters into the Private Use Area: for each illegal character add hex E000.

Vibe code with your voice

Stop fighting speech recognition.
Just talk → fix mistakes later

"... _brings_ hello world"   ❌
          ↓
"... _prints_ hello world"   ✅

Categories: Generative XML