Re: XSLT 4: map serialization

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 6:48 AM Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> *let $makeElement := function($k, $v) {  parse-xml('<' || $k ||  '>' || $v
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> There is nothing to be escaped in the above expression! This is XPath, not
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> Well, $makeElement('menu', 'bangers&mash') is going to fail.
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Only because we are constructing an XML element. If there are no additional
limitations imposed, one can use the '&' character without escaping.

For example:





*$myConcat := function($s1, $s2){ $s1 || '&' || $s2}*

*return*
*   $myConcat('month', 'august')*

produces

   *month&august*

To summarize, any implementation of an element() function must throw an
error if passed unescaped ampersand(s), not just the XPath function
implementation.

Thanks,
Dimitre

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