[Bug 3162] New discretionary choice in xsl:number?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3162

           Summary: New discretionary choice in xsl:number?
           Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
           Version: Candidate Recommendation
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: XSLT 2.0
        AssignedTo: mike@saxonica.com
        ReportedBy: david_marston@us.ibm.com
         QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org


Appendix J.1.3, item 8, states:
If the expression in the value attribute of xsl:number returns an empty
sequence or a sequence including non-numeric values, an XSLT 2.0 processor may
signal a recoverable error; but with backwards compatibility enabled, it
outputs NaN.

Yet chapter 12 does not mention any recoverable error. Should this appendix say
"MUST signal a non-recoverable error"?

Received on Thursday, 27 April 2006 18:40:28 UTC