Re: Source input on p:filter

Innovimax W3C <innovimax+w3c@gmail.com> writes:

> Well.. I would continue to argue that p:identity is a special case
> because, there is no difference in with respect to processing a
> document or a sequence of document :-)

I'm not asking you to argue one way or another, it's just a discrepancy
that strikes me as odd. Consider this choose:

<p:choose>
  <p:when test="p:value-available('filter-expr')">
    <p:filter>
      <p:with-option name="select" select="$filter-expr"/>
    </p:filter>
  </p:when>
  <p:otherwise>
    <p:identity>
      <p:input port="source" select="/my/default/filter/expr"/>
    </p:identity>
  </p:otherwise>
</p:choose>

If the input document is a sequence, it fails if $filter-expr is
defined and succeeds if it isn't. I don't think that's going to seem
obvious to most users.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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