multi-mode definitions

I have something like...

<xsl:template match="A" mode="x">
    ...
    ...
    <xsl:apply-templates select="B" mode="x"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="C" mode="x"/>
    ...
    ...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="A" mode="y">
    ...
    ...
    <xsl:apply-templates select="B" mode="y"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="C" mode="y"/>
    ...
    ...
</xsl:template>

I would like to do better than cut, paste, and replace.  I suppose I
could pass a parameter around instead of using modes.  What is standard
practice?

Dave



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