Re: Need help with XSLT tokenize

> Ibve personally unwound at least a couple of tail-recursive functions
> and turned them into xsl:iterate precisely because I think itbll be
> easier for a future customizer of the stylesheets to understand what is
> going on.

I wouldn't do this to my code, but wouldn't mind if there was a tool to do
this for us.

Dimitre

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:14 AM Norman Tovey-Walsh ndw@xxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > It would have been much better to (more or less) formally define the
> > concept of "tail recursion" and make it clear that a good implementation
> > can (or should) optimize tail recursion with iteration.
>
> I completely understand your position. But I think one of XSLTbs really
> surprising strengths is the number of people who would not self identify
> as bprogrammersb who are able to build significant systems with it.
>
> Ibm pleased that xsl:iterate makes a certain class of problems easier to
> solve even for folks who might be intimidated by the notion of writing
> recursive functions and unfamiliar with the jargon of folds and tail
> recursion.
>
> Ibve personally unwound at least a couple of tail-recursive functions
> and turned them into xsl:iterate precisely because I think itbll be
> easier for a future customizer of the stylesheets to understand what is
> going on.
>
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
>
> --
> Norman Tovey-Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> https://nwalsh.com/
>
> > There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.--L. M.
> > Boyd
>



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