RE: [xsl] <xsl:number> starting at a preceding-sibling

[Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt <STAMMW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

> The specification for xsl:number in XSLT 1.0 is less than perfect,
> particularly as regards the meaning of the "from" pattern, and as a
result
> there are quite a few differences between implementations.
thank you for your assessment!

> Why not make the move to XSLT 2.0 and Saxon?
I am developer of another XSLT processor ... :-)

But later I will try Saxon-B on below problem.


Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt
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> While this works for xsltproc (compiled against libxml 20626,
> libxslt 10117 and libexslt 813) it does not work for
> xalan-j_2_7_0 -- is that an xalan bug?

The specification for xsl:number in XSLT 1.0 is less than perfect,
particularly as regards the meaning of the "from" pattern, and as a result
there are quite a few differences between implementations. I can't
immediately see how this result can be justified, so by all means raise it
as a bug, but you may not get very far.

Why not make the move to XSLT 2.0 and Saxon?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/