[XML-SIG] 4xslt - passing parameters

[Mike Olson]

> > I'm not sure if this works, though it might (let me know if it does). 
> > The problem is that the key in the dictionary must contain the namespace
> > of the variable as well.  So assuming the variable is referenced as
> > "$page" then the dictionary that is passed in must be:
> > 
> >   {('','page'),27}
> 
> Okay ... I'm not saying this is wrong (you know this stuff better than I
> do, of course), but why do you need to pass a namespace, when XSLT
> parameters don't have namespaces? 

Sure:

  <xsl:param xmlns:ftss='foo' name='ftss:baz'/>

is different then

  <xsl:param xmlns:ftss='bar' name='ftss:baz'/>


And why is it an empty string, when
> null namespaces for elements and attributes are represented as None?

Ooops, busted.  It should be None.

Mike
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