Thanks, Dimitre.

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> B  <xsl:variable name="x" select="my:foo(bar)" as="appropriate type"/>
>
> or
>
> B  <xsl:variable name="x">
> B  B  B  B <xsl:sequence select="my:foo(bar)"/>
> B  </xsl:variable>

That's great :)

I guess, xsl:call-template is retained in XSLT 2.0 due to backward
compatibility with XSLT 1.

xsl:call-template looks to me like a "procedure" (it computes, and
provides the result where it's called. It looks to me like an
executable macro, having access to all XSLT 2 instructions available
in a sequence constructor, with parameter support!), while
xsl:function looks *like a function* in traditional sense (with a
capability to return something).

I can also see, that call-template can have tunnel parameters, while
xsl:function cannot.

For sure, I can see overlaps in capabilities of xsl:function and
call-template. But xsl:call-template has been enhanced, that it's 1.0
version.

> It is not "semi pull style". Its pull style when only one template has
> that mode or matches a node from a uniquely defined namespace (used
> only for the purpose of identifying its matching template).

Thanks, for the explanation.

> Hey, where did I say that you were "entirely wrong" or just "wrong" ?

sorry, about that :)


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Mukul Gandhi