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Subject: Re: [xsl] Avoiding boneheaded mistakes in XSLT? From: Michel Hendriksen <michel.hendriksen@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:11:22 +0100 |
Or just list/report expressions that never led to a selection. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Piet van Oostrum <piet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave Pawson wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:13:01 +0000 > > Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I think the main reason for the problem is that an XSLT/XPath > > > program makes many references to names (of elements and attributes) > > > which do not have to be declared, so that using an incorrect name > > > is not an error (either static or dynamic), but rather results in > > > an XPath expression that simply selects nothing. > > > > I guess no one would do that deliberately? > > Yet the rec and implementations don't provide any error | warning > > about it? > > It would be nice if processors would have a debug mode in which XPath expressions would be checked against a schema or DTD and give a warning when some 'impossible' expression is encountered. Impossible meaning something that never can give a non-empty result on valid documents. Probably just paths that are illegal according to the schema. > -- > Piet van Oostrum > Cochabamba. URL: http://pietvanoostrum.com/ > Nu Fair Trade woonartikelen op http://www.zylja.com
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