[xsl] Re: xml:space problem WAS : Problem with identity transform and Saxon

[Kenneth Stephen <marvin.the.cynical.robot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

    As far as I can tell, this looks like a bug in Saxon 8.4 because
the same XSL file works in Xalan, producing :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
		<a xmlns:exsl-common="http://exslt.org/common";>
			<b/>
		</a>

    ....which is the expected output. Can anyone else confirm this
quirk of Saxon?

Thanks,
Kenneth

On 8/6/05, Kenneth Stephen <marvin.the.cynical.robot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     Nevermind - I found the problem. I modified my stylesheet thus :
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
>         xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>         xmlns:exsl-common="http://exslt.org/common";
>         version="1.0">
>
>         <xsl:variable name="rtf" xml:space="preserve">
>                 <a>
>                         <b />
>                 </a>
>         </xsl:variable>
>
>         <xsl:template match="/">
>                 <xsl:apply-templates select="exsl-common:node-set($rtf)"
mode="t" />
>         </xsl:template>
>
>         <xsl:template match="@*|node()" mode="t">
>                 <xsl:copy>
>                         <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" mode="t" />
>                 </xsl:copy>
>         </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>      And now, the stylesheet functions, but xml:space="preserve"
> doesnt get respected. What could be the problem here?
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth