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Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 09:26:50 +0000
Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re:  RE: syntax su
Hi Clark,

> 3.  Create a new tag, <xsl:append select="xpath" /> which will:
>
>     (a) if the xpath type is a node-set, then it appends each
>         element of the node set onto the result-set.
>
>     (b) otherwise, a text node is appended with the string-value
>         of the path expression.

I'm not sure why you need exsl:append (and also think it looks
dangerously close to something [say it quietly] procedural). Can you
give a use case that shows how useful it would be?

Cheers,

Jeni

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