Subject: Re: [xsl] F & O 3.0 -- serialize() function question From: "Wolfgang Laun wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 19:24:40 -0000 |
To me, this means that the result is, in any case, a sequence of Unicode characters, and not one of octets in any of the possible (UTF-x) encodings. -W On 01/06/2014, Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am reading the definition of the serialize function() in the XPath > and XQuery Functions and Operators 3.0 specification, > http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-30/#func-serialize > > Having read several times this text, I feel confused: > > "The final stage of serialization, that is, encoding, is skipped. If > the serializer does not allow this phase to be skipped, then the > sequence of octets returned by the serializer is decoded into a string > by reversing the character encoding performed in the final stage." > > If, on one hand "The final stage of serialization, that is, encoding, > is skipped", then how is it possible to do "reversing the character > encoding performed in the final stage" ? > > And what could possibly be a "string with reversed character encoding"? > > > I am deeply confused. > > Could someone, please, explain this text? > > -- > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev > --------------------------------------- > Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. > --------------------------------------- > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk > ------------------------------------- > Never fight an inanimate object > ------------------------------------- > To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the > biggest mistake of all > ------------------------------------ > Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. > ------------------------------------- > You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what > you're doing is work or play > ------------------------------------- > To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. > ------------------------------------- > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. > ------------------------------------- > Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they > write all patents, too? :) > ------------------------------------- > I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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