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Re: [xslt] xsl:number format="{$...}"
- To: xslt at gnome dot org
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: [xslt] xsl:number format="{$...}"
- From: Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian dot rahtz at computing-services dot oxford dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 20:12:11 +0100 (GMT)
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
In message <3B4F46CB.25CA8BCD@mail1.stofanet.dk> xslt@gnome.org writes:
> Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
> > <xsl:number format="{$Format}"/>xxx
> [...]
> > I presume this is a simple oversight? or is it a confusion in the spec?
>
> Neither. The spec says that 'format = string', not 'format = string-expression'
> which would be necessary for the above to work.
All the other implementations make it work, though. Are you _sure_ about this? it is madness if you cannot parameterize things like that.
Sebastian