An approach to XSLT programming, was Re: Dynamic

On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:52:03 +0000
Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> In your rationale you say "
> 
> I want to remember those "style" definitions so I can emit appropriate
> code when they are referenced.
> 
> Use of temporal language like this ("remember", "when") is always 
> dangerous with XSLT; it's best to avoid thinking about XSLT
> computation as having a particular temporal order.

In the opposite case, we hear David C sometimes almost repeat
the words of the OP and derive code from it?

Are there ways that you 'express the problem' that make it easier to
write code?

Just wondering what we can learn from this idea of how a problem
is expressed (above idea being on the wrong end)?




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