On 28/09/2011 11:11, Andrew Welch wrote:
...so it's basically just making something explicit that is otherwise
implied? I don't think I'd ever use it.
not at all, if you don't force the default value with select="()" then
the default is an empty _string_ so then
value-of select="$x/a/b"
is a type error as you can't use a string on the lhs of /
> I don't think I'd ever use it.
I use it quite a bit:-)
David
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