http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1250 ------- Additional Comments From mike@saxonica.com 2005-04-14 20:12 ------- The reason for the rule you refer to is backwards compatibility with XSLT 1.0. Here it is very common for users to use constructs such as <xsl:variable name="x"> [<xsl:value-of select="d"/>] </xsl:variable> and then use $x as if it were a string. Here the value of $x is a document node, which has a single text node child. There is no root element. It's also common to see constructs like <xsl:variable name="lookup"> <a code="12" value="red"/> <a code="13" value="blue"/> <a code="14" value="green"/> </xsl:variable> where the document has several element nodes among its children. Michael KayReceived on Thursday, 14 April 2005 20:12:12 UTC
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