For example:
>
*$myConcat := function($s1, $s2)* >
*{ *> *$s1 || '&' || $s2*
*}*>
*return*
* $myConcat('month', 'august')*
produces
*month&august*
produces:
*month&august*
Gmail is tricky when one wants to highlight text, as I did in the previous
email -- it seemed good white on dark blue ... One can still select it
above and it will show :)
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 7:31 AM Dimitre Novatchev
dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 6:48 AM Michael Kay mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
*let $makeElement := function($k, $v) { parse-xml('<' || $k || '>' ||
$v || '</' || $k || '>' ) } return $makeElement('month', 'August')*
There is nothing to be escaped in the above expression! This is XPath,
not XML.
Well, $makeElement('menu', 'bangers&mash') is going to fail.
Only because we are constructing an XML element. If there are no
additional limitations imposed, one can use the '&' character without
escaping.
For example:
*$myConcat := function($s1, $s2){ $s1 || '&' || $s2}*
*return*
* $myConcat('month', 'august')*
produces
*month&august*
To summarize, any implementation of an element() function must throw an
error if passed unescaped ampersand(s), not just the XPath function
implementation.
Thanks,
Dimitre
Michael Kay
Saxonica
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