On 30/04/2008, Florent Georges <lists(_at_)fgeorges(_dot_)org> wrote:
David Carlisle wrote:
> > This leads into a warning with Saxon telling that "The child axis
> > starting at an attribute node will never select anything."
> sounds familiar:-)
;-)
> the (@*,$foo)/* method works to suppress that, if needed, where
> $foo is a permanently empty global param.
Yes, <xsl:param name="my:empty"/> is a trick more and more useful,
while processors are getting smarter.
In this case, because we have only nodes, we can also use an
apply-templates on the nodes and have two template rules: one that
apply templates on the childs and one that does nothing. Actually,
that way, we are setting two distinct static contexts...
I wonder if Saxon shouldn't suppress the warning when 'treat as' is
present. I know a processor can emit as many warnings as it wants, but
maybe that would follow more closely the usage: when the developer uses
'treat as', she knows why, she tells the processor she is smarter than
it, and she asks to be trusted, wouldn't it?
Apparently not.
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