Re: [xsl] Managing debug logging in complex transforms: what do people do?

[George Cristian Bina <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,

On 3/24/14, 10:05 PM, Andrew Welch wrote:
[...]
> Lazy evaluation does seem to cause a few problems, you don't step
> through code but jump around it as various variables get evaluated,
> then for some reason you are past where you wanted go.  And the PE/EE
> versions of Saxon don't seem to work as well as HE - the click-back
> feature for example doesn't work.  Maybe George can help here?

Yes, optimizations in the XSLT processor like lazy evaluation may 
interfere with the debugging experience. Please at least make sure the 
"Optimization level" is set to 0 (zero) in the Saxon "Advanced options" 
dialog.
I am not aware of any issues with the functionality that traces back 
from the result to the source and the stylesheet when Saxon PE/EE is 
used - just tested this on a sample and it worked ok. It will be great 
if you can provide a sample to allow us to reproduce and investigate the 
issue you mention - you can send that directly to me or to 
support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Best Regards,
George
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