Subject: RE: Difference between <when>x</when> and <when><text>x</text></when>
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:31:20 -0000
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> I noticed that XALAN 2.7.1 makes a difference between
>
> <when>
> x
> </when>
>
> (Result includes line breaks and blanks)
>
> and
>
> <when>
> <xsl:text>x</xsl:text>
> </when>
>
> (Result includes only 'x' wihout breaks or blanks).
>
> Is that a bug or is that wanted behaviour?
That's correct behaviour. Whitespace text nodes in the stylesheet should be
ignored, unless the parent node is an xsl:text element.
Regards,
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay
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