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Hello, the new instruction evaluate allows for dynamic evaluation of expressions in stylesheets. This: <xsl:evaluate xpath="'1 + 1'"> </xsl:evaluate> Returns 2 All variables in the evaluated expression must be bound using with-param, like in <xsl:evaluate xpath="'$p1 + $p2'"> <xsl:with-param name="p1" select="1" /> <xsl:with-param name="p2" select="2" /> </xsl:evaluate> Which returns 3. The syntactic rules for with-param are I think the same as in the case of call-template. Aren't those unnecessarily restrictive in this case? I suppose (please correct me, if I am wrong) the cost of dynamic evaluation would not change much, if attribute value template was allowed for the attribute name of with-param in evaluate, such e.g.: <xsl:evaluate xpath="'$p1 + $p2'"> <xsl:with-param name="{'p' || '1'}" select="1" /> <xsl:with-param name="{'p' || '2'}" select="2" /> </xsl:evaluate> Did this question arise when semantics of evaluate was discussed? I have encountered an application where this would come in handy (well, it would provide an alternative solution to a problem which I solved differently), so maybe those applications that require dynamic evaluation would appreciate it as well. I was a bit surprised that it is not possible, because it feels appropriate to me. When dealing with dynamic evaluation, why not let the names of variables to by dynamic as well? Jakub Maly. http://www.xrg.cz
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