Neither the XPath data model, nor XML itself, allows a comment to
contain an element.
If an XML comment looks like <!-- <a/> -->, then the <a/> is not an
element, it is just four characters of text. It could equally be <!--
<1!> -->, and the parser wouldn't complain.
Since XML comments can't contain elements (only text that looks like
elements), you wouldn't expect the XSLT result tree to allow a comment
node to contain an element node, would you?
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael(_dot_)H(_dot_)Kay(_at_)ntlworld(_dot_)com
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
DPawson(_at_)rnib(_dot_)org(_dot_)uk
Sent: 11 September 2002 12:56
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] doe alternative?
I want to output
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:comment>
<meta>
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
</meta>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:otherwise>
I have some input which 'may' be needed in the output.
Ideally I'd like to have it available in the output,
but commented out for manual intervention later.
XSLT 1.0 says no!
How can I sneak it through Saxon please :-)
And why is that rule in place please?
Other than nested comments, I can't see any rationale in
disallowing it?
Regards DaveP
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