Re: [xsl] Template matching preceding-sibling.

Subject: Re: [xsl] Template matching preceding-sibling.
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:14:30 -0500
Ilya,

No insult is taken, at least not by me. I was just taking the risk of muddying the waters further, by perturbing them in hopes that things might become clearer.

At 12:24 AM 11/16/2007, you wrote:
Having read this, I have strong feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) that my message was seen as if I was somehow blaming the list members for not running the actual transformation, which is definetely NOT the meaning of my post, by no mean!

I wouldn't go that far (at least I didn't take your message to mean you were blaming anyone), but on the other hand, how much work we impose on one another, in an all-volunteer public forum, can be an issue (and has been in the past). As I said, sometimes I'm guilty of cutting corners in the hope that it will "cut to the chase" (a fine metaphor from the cinema). So there you have it.


In opposite, I find it amusing that contributors to this list can deduce the real problem and suggest the working solution without actually writing and testing any single line of code!

Indeed. But then, we see the same issues over and over. (Which leads to problems when something new turns up and we think it's something old.)


All I wanted to know is just whether somebody got the result I obtained, and my speculations about possible not running the transformation and in-mind analysis were in this sense only. It's important since if my assumption is wrong then my template processing software is giving incorrect results and it's obviously odd and requires serious analysis.

Right. One way of addressing this is to show us exact code with input and results (pasted please) in minimal form and also tell us what processor you're running. There are list readers who run several different processors in order to check exactly this kind of thing, and can confirm what you're seeing or help to analyze relevant factors if they can't. Also, we can collectively establish quite quickly what a processor should be doing in a given specific case -- that is, the relevant expertise is available to expose mistaken assumptions and even reasonable but incorrect interpretations.


After all, it is of interest to us when a processor fails: we like to know which one it is, and when possible, the exact nature and scope of the problem. And developers have an extra incentive to fix bugs quickly once they are exposed on this list. For which, of course, they are rewarded by being able to announce it.

Cheers,
Wendell



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