Re: [xsl] Re: Identity transformation for XSLT 2.0

["Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Mike and Ken for the clarification.

I should know better how to read the spec :)

On Dec 24, 2007 12:26 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I recently needed to do set difference operation in a 2.0
> > stylesheet, using Saxon 9 (basic version). I was a bit
> > surprised to find that Saxon reported, "Unknown system
> > function except()".
> >
> > The F&O spec defines this function
> > (http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-except). Could
> > you please tell, why this built in function not implemented
> > in Saxon 9.
>
> It's not a function, it's an operator. (Note the op: prefix). You can write
> "A except B".
> >
> > As a workaround, I had to resort to $seq1[not(. = $seq2)] ...
> >
>
> That doesn't do the same thing, it compares by value, not by node identity.
>
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/



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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi