[Bug 1527] Grammar for abbreviated step

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1527





------- Additional Comments From mike@saxonica.com  2005-07-10 08:14 -------
Please note that XPath 1.0 did not have any "natural" way of expressing an empty
node-set. It is therefore customary for XSLT 1.0 users wanting an empty node-set
(e.g. as a parameter to a template) to write expressions that are guaranteed to
select nothing, such as "/.." or "@comment()". The former is actually
recommended in the XSLT 1.0 specification, and the latter is suggested in at
least one book.

Michael Kay

Received on Sunday, 10 July 2005 08:14:22 UTC