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Using latest Saxon in an XSLT 3 transform I have this instruction: <xsl:message>+ [DEBUG] xs:boolean(@id eq 'x8AC8E061C912') = "{xs:boolean(@id eq 'x8AC8E061C912')}"</xsl:message> I expected the value of the xs:boolean() to be "true" or "false". However, the value I get is "" (empty sequence). If I change "eq" to "=" or if I wrap "@id" in string() then I get the expected true or false result (which also suggests that my understanding of "eq" is not complete). I don't see anything in the definition of the 'eq' operator or the xs:boolean() function that suggests that it would ever return an empty sequence, so I'm wondering what I'm missing in the spec that allows xs:boolean() to return an empty sequence in this case (or in any case)? I guess I was also expecting "eq" to imply casting of the left-hand operand to an atomic type which it does not appear to do. The behavior is the same in XSLT 2 (at least using Saxon), so clearly this is not new with XSLT 3 but I'm still surprised. Thanks, Eliot -- Eliot Kimber http://contrext.com
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