Re: [xsl] current() within a key element's @use

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Chris Maloney wrote:
> As for a work-around, the following works with xsltproc, but
> interestingly, not with Saxon.  Saxon complains "key() function cannot
> be used here".  (This is a variant of the XSLT that Dimitre posted on
> SO):

>        <xsl:key name='kTagUsage' match='tagUsage' use='@render'/>
>        <xsl:key name="kRendByUsageGi" match="rendition"
>          use="key('kTagUsage', @xml:id)/@gi"/>

Saxon (6.5?) is right to complain as the errata E13 
(http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-xslt-19991116-errata/) to the XSLT 1.0 
spec says "It is an error for the value of either the use attribute or 
the match attribute to contain a VariableReference, or a call to the key 
function.".


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