Subject: RE: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values? From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:58:13 +0100 |
> For some background - why does XSLT allow zeros to be treated as > booleans when it causes these kind of nuances? > XSLT 1.0 was developed in the tradition of scripting languages like JavaScript that allow very free conversion between data types; and there was a philosophy of trying to avoid dynamic errors as far as possible, so every construct had a defined successful outcome. This was related to the fact that some people expected XSLT to be used mainly in the browser, where errors are a nightmare to handle. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
Re: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?, David Carlisle | Thread | Re: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?, James Fuller |
RE: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?, Michael Kay | Date | [xsl] testing for string and number, James Fuller |
Month |