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Yes, that's why the question doesn't make sense 'in general'... but if there's some context by which this hypothetical colleague wants a warning any time select generates a null sequence, 'doing it twice' is feasible with a straightforward preprocessor. I've mainly used this method for debugging, personally. On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 9:55 AM dvint dvint@xxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That only tells you this particular instance doesn't include that element > or content. It doesn't tell you if the path might actually exist in some > other context > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "BR Chrisman brchrisman@xxxxxxxxx" < > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 10/14/21 9:48 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: My XPath mistakenly referenced an element that doesn't > exist and I got no error message ... is this bad language design? > > It's not very difficult to apply a transform to the stylesheet grabbing > the @select from value-of or apply-templates or what not into new xsl:if > test="count(@select) = 0"... xsl:message ... if warnings is what your > colleague wants. > > - Brian > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/1240222> (by > email) > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/965995> (by > email <>)
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