No-XML inputs

Hi,

So somewhere between xmlcalabash-1.0.3-94 and 1.0.18-95, my XProcs
stopped working. I now get an error about a p:document failing to
load. From the command line, the system even hangs. On breaking it I
can see in the tb:

SEVERE: It is a dynamic error if the resource referenced by a
p:document element does not exist, cannot be accessed, or is not a
well-formed XML document.

Admittedly these are very rude creatures, these XProcs. They call in
non-XML input by accepting a runtime option (a string) they can hand
to Saxon, which is then invited to use unparsed-text() to read them.

The XProc itself never sees anything but XML - the front end of its
input stream is given as a literal in the XProc:

<p:input port="source">
  <p:inline><document><!-- dummy document</document</p:inline>
</p:input>
<p:with-param name="file" select="$fileOption"/>

Then Saxon does unparsed-text($file) to get at the data.

It's still working in oXygen, btw -- even though it has 1.0.18-95.
Whatever is in the way preventing Saxon from getting the file in
Calabash (and then parsing it), isn't intruding in oXygen.

So I am wondering what is wrong and how to fix it. (In the meantime I
am not throwing away my old Calabash. Being able to parse and wf-check
LMNL syntax from the cl is too important to me to lose.)

In general, what is the recommended practice currently when the
primary input is not XML? I think I was playing hooky the day that was
discussed.

Thanks for your thoughts --
Wendell


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