Re: [xsl] Things that make you go Hmmmm!

Subject: Re: [xsl] Things that make you go Hmmmm!
From: Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:21:40 +0000
My first reaction was why is this a premium feature (it is until 3.0
reaches the cheap seats).

My subsequent reaction is surprise the content models ever differed in
the first place.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 27 Mar 2014, at 01:40, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The select clause on xsl:copy requires XSLT 3.0 - it didn't matter in
>> my case as I was only copying an attribute and got the same effect
>> with copy-of.
>>
>> The content models for the respective commands are otherwise
>> symmetrical. Why the sudden departure?
>>
>
> Do you mean, why was the select attribute added to xsl:copy in XSLT 3.0?
>
> You can find the rationale here:
>
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6848
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica

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