This is bug 440384 [1], which was cleared in Saxon 6.4.3, released in
July 2001.

The current version is 6.5.2, please upgrade.

Saxon problem reports should be submitted to the saxon-help list at
saxon.sf.net.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

[1]
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=440384&group_id
=29872&atid=397617

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Joeri Belis
> Sent: 08 January 2003 15:52
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Import and variables
> 
> 
> I have 2 xsl files.
> 
> <!-- testvar.xsl -->
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="no"/>
> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
> <xsl:variable name="rowbreak" select="0"/>
> <xsl:variable name="size_header" select="0"/>
> <xsl:variable name="size_footer" select="0"/>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> and
> 
> <!-- testvar.xsl -->
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <!-- ********************************************* --> 
> <xsl:import href="testvar.xsl"/>
> <!-- ********************************************* -->
> <!-- These variables should override the ones in testvar.xsl 
> <xsl:variable name="size_header" select="19"/> <xsl:variable 
> name="size_footer" select="6"/> <xsl:variable name="rowbreak" 
> select="32"/>
> <!-- ********************************************* --> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> I define some variables in the imported xslt file that need 
> to be changed by variables in my new main xslt This is 
> offcourse a test. In my real program, testvar will test if 
> size_header <> 0 and process accordingly. Sometimes 
> testvar2.xsl will have these variables and other times not. 
> But testvar.xsl does tests on them so they need to be there.
> 
> Running this gives an error in saxon
> C:\temp\INSTAN~1>saxon phonelist.xml testvar2.xsl
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't define local 
> variable: stack is empty
>         at com/icl/saxon/Bindery.defineLocalVariable
>         at com/icl/saxon/style/XSLVariable.process
>         at com/icl/saxon/style/XSLStyleSheet.process
>         at com/icl/saxon/Controller.transformDocument
>         at com/icl/saxon/Controller.transform
>         at com/icl/saxon/StyleSheet.processFile
>         at com/icl/saxon/StyleSheet.doMain
>         at com/icl/saxon/WinStyleSheet.main
> 
> How can i make import and override variables work?
> Joeri
> 
> 
> 
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