[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Everett Stauffer asks:
> >What is the exact format of the "numeric" data as text?
>
> But the expression that started this thread is:
> > <xsl:when test="//Number > //HighestNumber">
>
> If you break down that expression as Xalan would, the top of the
> expression is > (or > if you will), which says that a boolean
> will result. According to XPath 3.4, the two sides of > or any other
> inequality relation must be taken as numbers. I would hope that we
> would force //Number to be numeric just on that basis alone.
> .................David Marston
After this came up I checked back and found 3.4 and realized why
having to use number() would be considered a bug.
On the other hand, I don't have any conceptual problem with such
a comparison based on strings.
The only 'concern' I have at this point has to do with the exact
format of the data for the purposes of a conversion (explicit
or implicit.) Dave Bertoni states that no locale-specific information
was being used. Does this mean that "1000,00" wouldn't work
even if it is the proper locale equivalent of "1000.00"?
Are "internationalization" issues really being ignored?
