Re: Options as strings. Blech.

Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com> writes:
> Ah ok sorry... I must admit I didn't know about the difference between:
>
> <xsl:if test="boolean('0')">aaa</xsl:if>
>
> vs
>
> <xsl:if test="xs:boolean('0')">bbb</xsl:if>
>
> (outputs 'aaa' but not 'bbb')
>
> I thought they both behaved the same....

No, XPath 2.0 preserves the 1.0 semantics for fn:boolean() because,
well, because there were lots of folks used to it. The semantics
of xs:boolean derive from XML Schema, I think.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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