Re: [xsl] Default actions in XSLT 2.1

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

>    Dimitre>   <xsl:mode default-action="clone"/>
>
>    Dimitre> So, we are not interested in the exact way the clone is
>    Dimitre> produced (or its granularity) as long as we get an exact
>    Dimitre> clone of the input.
>
> But we don't (in general, as other templates affect the result)!

Sure.  This is the "default-action"  -- what to expect in the absence
of anything else.



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On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> "Dimitre" == Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>    >> Since it is proposed to be the first of the two alternatives,
>    >> which is not copying, then I withdraw my comment.
>    >>
>    >> Perhaps modified-copy would be a better name.
>
>    Dimitre> I would propose:
>
>    Dimitre>   <xsl:mode default-action="clone"/>
>
>    Dimitre> So, we are not interested in the exact way the clone is
>    Dimitre> produced (or its granularity) as long as we get an exact
>    Dimitre> clone of the input.
>
> But we don't (in general, as other templates affect the result)!
>
> --
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire