At 2011-11-24 21:19 +0100, Matthieu Ricaud-Dussarget wrote:
When sending a parameter to the stylesheet( from command line with
saxon for example), I thought it was always a string (which is a
pitty when you need boolean parameter).
I made a simple test, sending "bar" to parameter foo :
<xsl:param name="foo"/>
In XSLT 1, that is, indeed, an empty string as you anticipated. In
XSLT 2, however, that is the declaration of an empty sequence.
I was really astonished to see that
$foo instance of xs:string
returns false()
I then typed the parameter :
<xsl:param name="foo" as="xs:string"/>
and got true()
What was the type of $foo before I casted it with as="xs:string" ?
Has it any type ...?
Nope. It is bound to the empty sequence and cannot be changed if a
binding value is not supplied at invocation time.
Thank for your lightening me :-)
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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