RE: [xsl] characters in xsl

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

    -----Original Message-----
    From: David Carlisle

    <xsl:variable name="x" as="element()">
     <stone/>
    </xsl:variable>

    which makes $x into _just_ a free standing element node
    with no parent.

    Now

    <xsl:apply-templates select="$x"/>

    would work and templates matching "stone" would apply but
    thiose matching "//stone" would not.


Thanks David. Not sure I can see the rationale behind that,
but that does make it... fairly clear.

" match="//stone" will only match a stone element that belongs to a document
tree. "

Does the match just fail .... or is it an error? Suck it and see?
Then recall that match="stone" works similarly (in 1.0) to //stone.


I can see lots of fun and games with these subtleties.

regards DaveP

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