Subject: RE: level, from, and count in xsl:number From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:56:51 +0100 |
You catch me with a sore head from implementing these features for SAXON over the last 24 hours! I agree, they're pretty messy, but there are plenty of things you can do with xsl:number that you can't do easily with position(). The problem with position() is that it's the position of the current node in the current node list; what you really want is a function that returns the position of the current node (or possibly some other node) in an arbitrary node list. If you had that, then I agree there would be little case for level, from, and count. For example, one might write position-in(from-ancestor(BOOKLIST)//ITEM) to achieve the effect of level=ANY count=ITEM from=BOOKLIST level=MULTI is a bit trickier but I'm sure it could be achieved as well. The other messiness in xsl:number is that XSLT now has two completely separate schemes, both elaborate yet incomplete, for converting numbers to strings. There must be scope to rationalise this. I also question why xsl:number is an XSL element rather than a function: if it were a function it would be possible to post-process the result. (Of course you can assign it to a variable, but that still has limitations, e.g. you can't sort on the result). Mike Kay Puzzle corner: one thing the SAXON XSL compiler does is to process nodes in reverse document order. (It actually does this for the xsl:sort nodes, if you're interested). I'm trying to find a way to do this using standard XSL. Any suggestions? > -----Original Message----- > From: Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:elharo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Is there anything the level, from, and count attributes of > xsl:number do > that can't be done more easily with the expr attribute and > position()? XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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