RE: [xsl] for-each within a for-each?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:46 AM 3/6/2003, Andrew wrote:
> Up there with <xsl:variable> in the list of all-time-confusing-things for 
> beginners is the use of xsl:for-each, it really doesnt help anyone 
> understand the idea of how a processor applies a stylesheet.
> (IMHO it shouldnt be taught before apply-templates, but always is)

At Mulberry, we don't teach xsl:for-each till late on Day Two. If you get 
templates, for-each is easy. If you don't, for-each is likely to fool you.

Anything you do with a for-each, you can do with templates (and a mode if 
need be). In our course, students are writing stylesheets with modes on Day 
One (soon after lunch, if they're reasonably speedy). The only time this 
option isn't available is when writing a Literal Result Element As 
Stylesheet -- something that actually seems to happen fairly rarely in my 
experience.

Cheers,
Wendell


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