@@ -115,7 +115,13 @@ The form <code>let x&%%t%% = %%e%% in %%e'%%</code> is used so often that we
<sample><![CDATA[
let x : %%t%% = %%e%% in %%e'%%
]]></sample>
Note the blank spaces around the colon: this is because the XML recommendation allows colons to occur in identifiers: see the section on <ahref="namespaces.html">namespaces</a> (the same holds to for the functional arrow <code>-></code> which must be surrounded by blanks).
Note the blank spaces around the colons
<footnote>
Actually only the first blank is necessary. CDuce accepts <code>let x :%%t%% = %%e%% in %%e'%%</code>,
as well
</footnote>.
This is because the XML recommendation allows colons to occur in identifiers: see the User's Manual section on <ahref="namespaces.html">namespaces</a>. (the same holds to for the functional arrow symbol <code>-></code> which must be surrounded by blanks and by colons in the formal parameters of a function: see <a
href="manual_expressions.html#bnote1">this paragraph</a> of the User's manual).