[xsl] XSLT 2.0 format-number() question

[Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>]

XSLT 2.0 says, regarding format-number():

"The number is supplied as the value of the first argument. The required type 
of this argument is xsd:double; if the value is not of the right type, it is 
converted using the standard conversion rules"

I'd like this to be more clear. What are "the standard conversion rules"?

I have an idea what they are, but I'd like to not have to guess. Can we get an 
actual reference in there?


I also noticed XSLT 1.0's format-number() doesn't say that the conversion 
of the first argument to a number occurs at all; should I assume that it does?

   - Mike
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