>>>>> "M" == Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    M> Yes, it's explicitly implementation-defined what happens when
    M> the document referred to by the document() function doesn't
    M> exist. Either you get an error, or you get an empty node-set.

Or, as in the Xalan case, you get both for no extra charge ;)

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