Re: [xslt] document('')

[Matt Sergeant <matt sergeant org>]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Morus Walter wrote:

> ./xsltproc -V
> Using libxml 20422, libxslt 10019 and libexslt 710
> xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20422, libxslt 10019 and libexslt 710
> libxslt 10019 was compiled against libxml 20422
> libexslt 710 was compiled against libxml 20422
>
> So yes, using document('') on stylesheets not providing a base url
> does not work with xsltproc either.
>
> Did you read the thread
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xslt/2002-June/thread.html#00055 ?
>
> Daniel comments the problems there.

Yes I did, but breaking one of these fundamental features of XSLT just
because I'm using strings instead of files seems daft. I guess Daniel's
mileage varies there ;-)

Michael Kay's book specifies that document('') refers to "the stylesheet
itself". It says nothing about relative/absolute URIs, which is only
relevant when the string has length > 0, as far as I can make out.

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