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Subject: Re: use variable in <xsl:if test=
From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:07:59 -0700
Re:  use variable in <xsl:if test=
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:11:54PM -0700, Mike Brown wrote:

> > '*' means 'any child _element_
> > of the current context node'. At the top level of the stylesheet,
> > there are no child elements.
> 
> That's not correct. Per section 11.4 of the spec, top-level variables are
> evaluated with the source tree's root node as both the current node and the
> current node list. Therefore, with a well-formed source tree, '*' in a
> top-level variable will always be the document element.

Jeez, Mike. Do you always have to be right?

So you're right. I still have a strong hunch it isn't really what he
intended to do.

-- 
Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
mgushee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.havenrock.com/

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