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Subject: RE: [xsl] checking sequence inside processing-instruction
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:32:18 +0100
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> > <xsl:template match="processing-instruction('page')">
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> I first thought that was a mistake. I always used the form
> processing-instruction(page) instead (well, the rare times I
> used it).
> But I checked in the REC and saw that both forms are allowed.
> Is there any particular reason behind that choice?
XPath 1.0 required the quotes. XPath 2.0 allowed the unquoted name for
consistency with the new syntax element(e) and attribute(a); it was felt
that the quotes were a bad idea because they suggested to users that an
arbitrary expression could be used here, rather than a constant name. I used
the quotes because I didn't know whether the OP was using 1.0 or 2.0.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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