I wish to use the document() function to create
a variable holding the input document. My stylesheet contains this element:

<xsl:variable name="main-doc" select="document('/')" />

When I run the transform, Saxon complains that I
may not have any content in the prologue. I know
this is a huge clue as to what I've done wrong,
but I just can't see it. What have I done wrong and how do I fix it?

It looks like you are not pointing to an XML
document ... or if you think you are, it is not
well-formed.  Check for a garbage character at
the very start of the document (sometimes I end
up with one when running emacs because of my type-ahead).

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