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Michael Kay wrote: >>My real "beef" is the 2666 line script. It has numerous >>redundancies (i.e. duplicate code) and looks like a nightmare >>to maintain. >> >> > > >It's a common problem. I once reduced a 2000-line stylesheet to 20 lines >plus some data tables. There are lots of people who learn how to write >concrete XSLT code without learning how to write it generically at a higher >level of abstraction. The same is probably true of most languages. > > do you have an example? i'm working on a layout engine at the moment that's rapidly approaching that sort of complexity and i'd love to simplify it the way you described. >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > >!DSPAM:4228b5c0197696235616010! > > > begin:vcard fn:Rick Marshall n:Marshall;Rick email;internet:rjm@z... tel;cell:+61 411 287 530 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
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