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> But the output changed from something I could publish to something that > would be very wrong to publish. And if that change was buried deep in > the output, well, OUCH because we might not catch it. That's why I say > XSL is fragile. I honestly don't understand your comment here. You clearly have a processing model in mind that makes this behavior seem strange, but honestly I don't know what you find strange here. When you are using push model (that is template matching) then essentially you are executing the _document_ and each node in the document fires code that is defined in a matching template. So saying that changing the template for Name changes the processing at arbitrary points in the process, whenever <Name> appears is like saying that if you change a C program and change the definition of a function doname(..) then the processing changes whever the function doname iis called, and without knowing where or if that function is called, you don't know what effect changing the function will have. This is all true, but it's not surprising, and not particular to xslt. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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