Subject: Re: [xsl] minor improvements to XSLT 3.0 spec, "section 18.1 The xsl:source-document Instruction" From: "Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:43:04 -0000 |
On Tue, 2021-01-19 at 07:39 +0000, Mukul Gandhi mukulg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi all, > B B B The XSLT 3.0 spec section mentioned in subject, has the following > example at the beginning, > > <xsl:source-document streamable="yes" href="book.xml"> > B <xsl:for-each select="book"> > B B B <xsl:for-each select="chapter"> [...] > I think that, it may be better to have above example as follows, > > <xsl:source-document streamable="yes" href="book.xml"> > B <xsl:for-each select="/book"> Why? The result is the same, since there can be only one top-level book element. I actually ran it, expecting an error on /book, but as Mike Kay points out, Saxon is smart enough to avoid the error. -- Liam Quin,B https://www.delightfulcomputing.com/ Available for XML/Document/Information Architecture/XSLT/ XSL/XQuery/Web/Text Processing/A11Y training, work & consulting. Barefoot Web-slave, antique illustrations: B http://www.fromoldbooks.org
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