Re: [xsl] Extracting text between nodes

[Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Andrew> On 14/02/2008, Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    >> Why 10 rather than 1, or 271000000.0057683456127458945386235?

    Andrew> Well....

    Andrew> <xsl:template match="/"
    Andrew> priority="271000000.0057683456127458945386235"> a
    Andrew> </xsl:template>

    Andrew> <xsl:template match="/"
    Andrew> priority="271000000.0057683456127458945386234"> b
    Andrew> </xsl:template>

    Andrew> fails with a java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: -2
    Andrew> error with Saxon.

So that looks like a bug in Saxon. 

Gestalt selects the first one. Although it is reporting as recovering
from an ambiguity. If I swap them round, then it outputs b rather than a.

So that looks like a bug in Gestalt.

    Andrew> Interestingly

    Andrew> <xsl:template match="/" priority="271000.00576834564"> a
    Andrew> </xsl:template>

    Andrew> <xsl:template match="/" priority="271000.00576834560"> b
    Andrew> </xsl:template>

    Andrew> works but only if the last digit is 4 and not 1 in the
    Andrew> first template

I think Saxon uses xs:double rather than xs:decimal (as the
recommendation requires), so that might explain that error.

    Andrew> I'm sure there's something else I should be getting on
    Andrew> with......

me too. But I am always fascinated by irrelevant trivia :-)
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire