RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.0 empty string: Summary?

["Pawson, David" <David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Michael Kay
    > Which is strange.  If I do "$foo is empty" then Saxon 
    tells me $foo is 
    > a string and not a nodeset.
    

mk explanation snipped.


If I can get past the DC math filter without reprimand, 
I think his point that the {}  empty set is a member of 
any set was the Ah-ha moment for me.
That's what  allows the as="xs:string?" to succeed rather than
report the error.
 
regards DaveP  

 

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