"hey Altova leave the kids alone" :)

2009/12/16 Brian Newman <brian.newman@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> B  B  B  B Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:10:34 -0000
> B  B  B  B To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> B  B  B  B From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> B  B  B  B Subject: RE:  extension functions returning temporary trees
> B  B  B  B Message-ID: <1D5F068BD1FC442F8BC67668EA070D35@Sealion>
>
> B  B  B  B The way extension functions work is entirely a matter for the
processor, but I would be rather surprised if the call mechanism allowed you
to B  return a string containing lexical XML, and implicitly parsed that XML
and turned it into a tree of nodes. That conversion needs to be done e B 
explicitly by calling an XML parser, either from the C# before returning from
the extension, or from the XSLT code after returning.
>
> B  B  B  B Regards,
>
> B  B  B  B Michael Kay
> B  B  B  B http://www.saxonica.com/
> B  B  B  B http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
>
> Turns out that it's a known bug in the Altova engine with a pre-existing
trouble ticket.
> "29642 - extension function support for result tree fragments and node
sets"
> Extension functions can't return node-sets/temporary trees
> I guess I can stop banging me head against the wall - the wall will
certainly appreciate it.