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Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
- To: "Clark C. Evans" <cce at clarkevans dot com>
- Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
- From: Jeni Tennison <mail at jenitennison dot com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:26:50 +0000
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- Organization: Jeni Tennison Consulting Ltd
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102201306230.9804-100000@clarkevans.com>
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Hi Clark,
> 3. Create a new tag, <xsl:append select="xpath" /> which will:
>
> (a) if the xpath type is a node-set, then it appends each
> element of the node set onto the result-set.
>
> (b) otherwise, a text node is appended with the string-value
> of the path expression.
I'm not sure why you need exsl:append (and also think it looks
dangerously close to something [say it quietly] procedural). Can you
give a use case that shows how useful it would be?
Cheers,
Jeni
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