RE: Parsing strings as numbers

> 1. Can it possibly be the intended behavior to disallow 
> scientific notation and a leading plus sign?

In reading the XSLT and XPath specs, I long ago gave up asking myself "was
this intentional" or "why did they do it this way". If the spec is clear and
unambiguous, I just conform whether I like it or not. If you think users
need to be able to write numbers in scientific notation, provide an
extension function in your own namespace, or propose it as an enhancement
for a future version.

Mike Kay


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