Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:21:56 -0700
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> So it would be plausible for us to specify an exsl:if() function that
> we want them implementers to implement and to write into that
> specification that the second argument must only be evaluated if the
> first argument is true, and the third argument must only be evaluated
> if the first argument is false.
The only thing to consider about this is that it introduces a side effect. C
programmers know how much complexity the seemingly innocuous
x = a ? b : x++;
can introduce.
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