Re: not()'ing a false variable, xalan 2.4.D1

    <!-- make a false variable entitled 'false-variable' -->
    <xsl:variable name="false-variable">
      <xsl:value-of select="false()"/>
    </xsl:variable>

no, you want

 <xsl:variable name="false-variable" select="false()"/>

as if you use xsl:variable with non empty content then you generate a
result tree fragment with (in this case) a root node containing a text
node containing the characters f a l s e, which will act as true in a
boolean context,

David

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