Re: [xsl] Re: ANN: A static code quality tool, for XSLT code

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

> To be honest, I think a production-quality tool that attempts this kind of
> analysis should parse the XPath expressions properly.

Yes, we do need a tool that will not only work for a specific coding
style. It seems to me that for code that is heavily expressed within
XPath 2.0 expressions, the tool presented by Mukul is of limited use
only.


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On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Since you require XSLT 2.0 it would be more precise to use
>> regular expression for stuff like this, like
>>
>> //@*[matches(., 'true[^(] | false[^(]', 'x')]
>>
>> (I like the x flag, which allows white-space for readability.)
>
> yes, so long as you get the regexes right! This example only matches "true"
> if it is followed by a character other than "(" - it fails to match
> select="true" on its own.
>
> To be honest, I think a production-quality tool that attempts this kind of
> analysis should parse the XPath expressions properly.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/