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Perhaps we could refer to the "unnamed mode" as "the mode that must not be named". On Jan 2, 2015 11:27 PM, "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I agree, this definition is not a very good one. It's a relic of when > the unnamed mode was always the default mode. A better definition might be: > > > > "There is a mode, called the unnamed mode, that has no name. The > properties of the unnamed mode may be defined using an xsl:mode declaration > with an absent name attribute. The unnamed mode is the default mode for an > xsl:apply-templates or xsl:template element with no mode attribute, unless > a different mode is nominated as the default using an [xsl:]default-mode > attribute." > > Yes, this is precise. > > Cheers, > Dimitre Novatchev > > > > > > Michael Kay > > Saxonica > > mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > +44 (0) 118 946 5893 > > > > > > > > > > On 27 Dec 2014, at 19:04, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> In the 2nd Last Call of the W3C XSLT 3.0 specification, section "6.6.1 > >> Declaring Modes" defines "unnamed mode" thus: > >> > >> "[Definition: The unnamed mode is the default mode used when no mode > >> attribute is specified on an xsl:apply-templates instruction or > >> xsl:template declaration, unless a different default mode has been > >> specified using the [xsl:]default-mode attribute of a containing > >> element.]" > >> > >> I find this definition rather confusing, because the undefined term > >> "default mode" is used and because this term seems undistinguishable > >> from two other terms used in the definition: "different default mode" > >> and "[xsl:]default-mode attribute". > >> > >> > >> > >> To summarize, this definition seems (endless) recursive, having not > >> specified the term "default mode" on which it is based. > >> > >> > >> I believe that a definition that more precisely defines the "unnamed > >> mode" could be something like this: > >> > >> 1. A mode defined in an xsl:mode declaration (the one with highest > >> import precedence) that has no "name" attribute specified, or > >> > >> 2. If there is no xsl:mode without a "name" attribute, then a mode > >> that is defined by an (implicit) xsl:mode declaration without any > >> attributes. > >> > >> 3. The unnamed mode defined in 1. and 2. above is used as the value of > >> the "mode" attribute of any "xsl:template" or "xsl:apply-templates" > >> that have no "mode" attribute specified, unless these are in the scope > >> of an "[xsl:]default-mode" attribute, in which case the mode specified > >> in the (innermost) "[xsl:]default-mode" attribute is used as the value > >> for their "mode" attribute. > >> > >> > >> Any thoughts, please? > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Cheers, > >> Dimitre Novatchev > > > > > > -- > 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 > ------------------------------------- > To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the > biggest mistake of all > ------------------------------------ > Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. > ------------------------------------- > You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what > you're doing is work or play > ------------------------------------- > To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. > ------------------------------------- > Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. > ------------------------------------- > Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they > write all patents, too? :) > ------------------------------------- > I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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