RE: [xsl] Infinite Loop when param empty

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I would NEVER want a parameter to be the result of the 
> prinicpal source
> document if the user did not supply the parameter.  I would 
> ALWAYS want the
> parameter to default to an EMPTY node set if none was supplied.

then use select="/.." in 1.0, or select="()" in 2.0.
> 
> ..and actually I think all node tests would fail even if a 
> valid xml source
> was supplied to the above parameter.  Example:
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$ENTRY_TEMPLATE"/>  (would fail??).
> 

No, the select expression is ignored if the parameter value is supplied.
(Well, at any rate, the *value* of the select expression is ignored).

XSLT 2.0 might give you a type error (because the default value is a string,
not a node-set), but 1.0 shouldn't.

Michael Kay