Re: [xsl] [exsl] Draft 0.1 - call for comments

[Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Looks like it's adding up to a pretty compelling case for a read-only
> > "xpathType()" function.
> 
> Something like:
> 
>   Function: string exsl:object-type(object)
> 
>   The exsl:node-type function returns a string giving the type of the
>   object passed as the argument. The possible object types are:
>   'string', 'number', 'boolean', 'node-set' or 'RTF'.
> 
> [Note: The description would change in version 1.1 (matching XSLT 1.1)
> to:
> 
>   The exsl:node-type function returns a string giving the type of the
>   object passed as the argument.  The possible object types are:
>   'string', 'number', 'boolean', 'node-set' or 'external'.]

I find this much more compelling than a built-in system of typeconstraints.


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