Neither the XPath data model, nor XML itself, allows a comment to
contain an element.

If an XML comment looks like <!-- <a/> -->, then the <a/> is not an
element, it is just four characters of text. It could equally be <!--
<1!> -->, and the parser wouldn't complain.

Since XML comments can't contain elements (only text that looks like
elements), you wouldn't expect the XSLT result tree to allow a comment
node to contain an element node, would you?

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 11 September 2002 12:56
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> Subject:  doe alternative?
> 
> 
> I want to output
> 
> 
>    <xsl:otherwise>
>         <xsl:comment>
>             <meta>
>               <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>             </meta>
>           </xsl:text>
>       </xsl:otherwise>
> 
> 
> I have some input which 'may' be needed in the output.
> Ideally I'd like to have it available in the output,
> but commented out for manual intervention later.
> 
> XSLT 1.0 says no!
> 
> How can I sneak it through Saxon please :-)
> 
> And why is that rule in place please? 
> Other than nested comments, I can't see any rationale in 
> disallowing it?
> 
> Regards DaveP
> 
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