On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Cheesman wrote:
> At 12:05 AM 25/07/01, you wrote:
> >Given that Tomcat is the reference implementation I would assume its
> >implementation is the correct one.
>
>
> And assuming, of course, that the behaviour is defined... In the spec for
> JSP1.1 the only thing it says is that the expression is "coerced" into a
> String. What the container does with a null String is up to it. (This may
> mean that any of the types of behaviour you've seen is/are correct.)
>
Jim's analysis is correct. And the JSP 1.2 spec (now in Proposed Final
Draft 3 state) says exactly the same thing.
If you feel that the spec *should* say something about this, the best
avenue is to address your suggestion to the appropriate feedback address
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for consideration by the expert group.
By the way, the corresponding address for the servlet spec is
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Craig McClanahan
