Re: [FO] Return value of fn:name ?

In the meantime, I've verified that chrome, internet explorer 10, and
libxml2 all return (forcefully) lower-cased strings from fn:name().

Here is a minimal, reproducible test case:
http://fiddle.jshell.net/J7VrG/8/show/light/


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Buck Golemon <buck@yelp.com> wrote:

> It's come to my attention recently that Firefox returns upper-cased
> strings from the xpath name() function, while other implementations I've
> surveyed return a not-upper-cased string (I haven't yet checked whether
> they are forcefully lower-cased or simply untouched).
>
> Is one of these implementations out of spec?
>
> I'd like to bring this inconsistency to the attention of implementers and
> ask them to "fix" it, but I'd want to bring them a definitive specification
> of Correct behavior.
>
> If anyone requests a thorough survey of implementation behavior (in
> regards to fn:name() return value casing) I will do so.
>
> -buck
>

Received on Thursday, 1 August 2013 09:20:47 UTC