Re: [xslt 2.0] Local functions

I forgot to include:

So now it doesn't matter what the syntax of my ultimate higher level
XSLT looks like; it's now just a matter of making the difficult choices in 
specifying what this language should look like and figuring out what escaping
mechanism to use to switch syntax modes (if any).

Current candidates include:

4. OO-like.  Have document nodes and elements, or maybe nodes in general,
behave like objects and bind code to them in "class definitions".  Encapsulate
in this way and re-introduce the idea of a hidden "this" pointer as in C++
or Java.

Compelling reason for this is to leverage UML modelling tools in designing
XSLT programs.

Cheers

Justin Johansson
Freelance XML / XSLT / XQuery Developer
Australia

procode(at)tpg(dot)com(dot)au