Yes, castability is not transitive. Well spotted. You get some pretty strange results with boolean() too, e.g.
boolean(string(false())) => true(). Michael Kay Saxonica On 21 Feb 2014, at 16:18, Ihe Onwuka <[email protected]> wrote: > 3 castable as xs:integer -> true > > "3" castable as xs:integer -> true > > 3.5 castable as xs:integer -> true ..... hmmmmm debatable that one > > ok...(scratches head)....so if it's roundable to an integer it's > castable to an integer > > fine > > "3.5" castable as xs:integer -> false > > Btw which list is the home for XPath stuff. > > --~------------------------------------------------------------------ > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > To unsubscribe, go to: http://lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/ > or e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> > --~-- > _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
