Function parameters problem

[Paul Prescod <pa...@prescod.net>]

Can anyone recommend a workaround for this problem involving parameters 
to func:func functions?

I find it near unbearable to work with string lists in XSLT with 
functions and node-sets.

Thanks in advance!

$ ./xbug

xalan-bug.xsl; Line #26; Column #89; XSLT Error 
(javax.xml.transform.TransformerException): Variable accessed before it 
is bound!


$ cat ./xbug
java -Xbootclasspath/p:xalan-j_2_5_2/bin/xalan.jar 
-Xbootclasspath/p:xalan-j_2_5_2/bin/xercesImpl.jar 
-Xbootclasspath/p:xalan-j_2_5_2/bin/xml-apis.jar 
org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -XSL xalan-bug.xsl -IN xalan-bug.xsl -OUT 
junk.html

$ cat xalan-bug.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:func="http://exslt.org/functions"
     extension-element-prefixes="func"
     xmlns:my="http://www.prescod.net/xslt/functions"
     xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"
     version="1.0">

     <xsl:template name="wrapStringInElement">
         <xsl:param name="status-list"/>
         <xsl:message><xsl:value-of select="$status-list"/></xsl:message>
     </xsl:template>

     <func:function name="my:stringToNode">
         <xsl:param name="statusList"/>
         <xsl:variable name="dummy">
             <xsl:call-template name="wrapStringInElement">
                 <!-- This next line fails: -->
                 <xsl:with-param name="status-list" select="$statusList"/>
             </xsl:call-template>
         </xsl:variable>
         <func:result select="'blah'"/>
     </func:function>

     <xsl:template match="/">
         <xsl:variable name="string-as-element" 
select="my:stringToNode('a b c d e f')"/>
     </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

  Paul Prescod