Subject: Re: what are node set fragments and why are they ruining my life? From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:08:50 GMT |
> I'm still unclear *why* merely passing through a call-template and > a variable is enough to make an xpath no longer be a node set -- with select expressions produce node sets (or strings or numbers or whatever) templates create result tree fragments. templates are things generated by xsl:template, or xsl:variable if used with no select attribute and instead a non empty content. > on a related note, i'm mystified why xsl:variable can take element > content as an alternative to a select attribute, so that it can be used to save a RTF :-) > but for-each (and > xsl:if, and xsl:when, and xsl:attribute, ...) don't > allow this wonderful convenience. Because they are anyway creating RTF out of their content. David XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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