Re: [xsl] What the default datatype of an stylesheet parameter ?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2011-11-25 10:48 +0000, Michael Kay wrote:
> Ken wrote:
> > When the types are not the same, the processor reduces one or both 
> > of the sides to a common type.  The empty sequence is boolean 
> > false, and the empty string is boolean false, so when both are 
> > converted to boolean, they are the same.
> Not quite. In XSLT 2.0, '=' compares all pairs of values across the 
> two sequences. If there are no pairs, the result is always false. If 
> there are pairs, untypedAtomic values are converted to the other 
> type, and numeric promotion takes place, but you certainly won't see 
> both sides converted to booleans.

Yes, of course, please forgive my haste in answering ... too early in 
the morning (05:00) and I rushed an answer before attending a 
teleconference.  I really should wait until I've properly started my day.

. . . . . . . . . . Ken


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