DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4428] - Cannot use variable substitution inside the decimal-format parameters

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Cannot use variable substitution inside the decimal-format parameters





------- Additional Comments From keshlam@us.ibm.com  2001-11-06 12:58 -------
I believe this is working as designed. 

Variable substitution is part of the XPath expression syntax, and can be used 
only where XSLT is expecting to see an expression.

xsl:decimal-format's seperator attibutes appear to be defined explicitly as 
expecting char values, not expressions.

Unless we want to extend XSLT's syntax (and accept stylesheets which may not 
execute elsewhere), I think we're stuck with that limitation. Might be a good 
request to pass to the XSLT working group, however.

(I won't mark this as Invalid yet, since I'm not 110% sure of this answer and 
would like someone to cross-check me.)