Re: [xsl] something I'd really like in XSLT

["bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suppose I should specify then that I am more concerned with the
import precedence, and secondly the priority.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

On 1/23/07, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I remember my lessons correctly, the precedence
> > is calculated by means of priority,
>
> be careful of terminology: there is "import precedence" and "priority"
> both of which affect which templates are used if multiple templates
> match, but they are not directly related.
>
> "import precedence" just relates to the stylesheet module that the
> template is in, not to the form of the match pattern.
>
> "priority" relates to the explict priority attribute, or if no such
> attribute exists, to the default priority for the match pattern.
>
>
> >  based on how specific your match is.
> > Like "*" has less prio then "nodenamehere",
>
> yes
>
> > which has less prio then "/nodenamehere"
>
> yes
>
> > which has less prio then "/nodenamehere[predicatehere]".
>
> no,
> that has the same default priority (0.5) as neither /nodenamehere
> nor /nodenamehere[predicatehere] are of the special forms that have
> a different default priority,
> see
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#dt-default-priority
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#dt-default-priority
> for teh exact lists in 1.0 or 2.0
>
> David