Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template)

[Joe English <jenglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David.Rosenborg wrote:
>
> > So you would advocate having the development of exsl:function include
> > adding exsl:if()?
>
> Yes, but the conditional construct cannot be an extension function since
> a function call in XPath evaluates all its parameter *before* entering
> the function.

Not necessarily; XSLT and XPATH give implementors considerable
latitude wrt evaluation strategies.  I suspect that most XSLT
processors already use lazy evaluation to some degree.


--Joe English

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