Subject: Re: Sequential numbers in pure xslt, breaking the no-side-effect rule
From: Nic James Ferrier <nferrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:47:56 +0000
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Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> AFAIK the answer to this is a simple, short "no, cannot be done". But I
> wanted to check it with the specialists to be sure ;)
>
> The request is simple: create a function that returns '1' on first call,
> and returns one higher each next call, without overlaps or jumps,
> without any input. Let's call it my:seq-number:
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> <xsl:function name="my:seq-number" as="xs:integer">
> <!-- some implementation -->
> </xsl:function>
>
> then the following line would return '1 2 3':
> <xsl:value-of select="my:seq-number(), my:seq-number(),
> my:seq-number()" />
Are monads possible in XSLT?
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