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>> The use of an <xsl:function> to produce content is simple: >> >> B <xsl:sequence select="my:foo(bar)"/> > > sure. but can something like following, be simulated with XPath 2 > function calls? > > <xsl:variable name="x"> > B <xsl:call-template ... /> > </xsl:variable> > > I think, we cannot. <xsl:variable name="x" select="my:foo(bar)" as="appropriate type"/> or <xsl:variable name="x"> <xsl:sequence select="my:foo(bar)"/> </xsl:variable> The first of the two above is shorter and probably stylistically better. > >> Didn't you know that <xsl:apply-templates> can be used in pull-style >> processing? Modes and uniquely namespaced nodes should light a bulb :) > > I am not sure, if that's entirely correct. Working on > xsl:apply-templates with modes looks to me semi pull style, and not a > pull style in entirety! 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). > >> Anyone (who hasn't already come to this conclusion) can find all facts >> and conclude that the following is not needed: > > That gives me kind of a laugh :) Sure, like when beating a dead horse. > > My suggestions, may not be entirely correct from design point of view. > But saying, that I am entirely wrong, amuses me (my proposal is still > a XSLT 2.x feature design discussion!) :) Hey, where did I say that you were "entirely wrong" or just "wrong" ? -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.
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