Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template) From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 07:54:57 -0700 |
> > But this sparked something for me - having an exsl:return inside a > > xsl:for-each: > > > > <xsl:for-each select="$node"> > > <xsl:if test="*"> > > <exsl:return select="true()" /> > > </xsl:if> > > </xsl:for-each> > > > > (in effect equivalent to <exsl:return select="boolean($node[*])" />) > > > > Perhaps xsl:for-each shouldn't be allowed directly within function > > definitions? Can anyone come up with a use case where it's helpful to > > have it? > > Saxon allows xsl:for-each with saxon:function, but doesn't allow > saxon:return within xsl:for-each. I'd generalize this restriction to say "It is an error for more than one exsl:result to be instantiated within the body of an exsl:function" By making it a functional restriction rather than a structural restriction, I think we might head off any other gnarly gotchas that might come up. Speaking of gnarly, I'm assuming xsl:call-template can be used within exsl:function. If so, is it permissible for the exsl:result to be in the called template, or so on down the chain? I'd say "scary thought: no", but how to best restrict this? Structurally? ("Every exsl:function must have an exsl:result within the nodes in its descendant axis"). Note that in the above I'm just exercising my bias towards "exsl:result" rather than "exsl:return". Substitute your name of choice until we decide. -- Uche Ogbuji Principal Consultant uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +1 303 583 9900 x 101 Fourthought, Inc. http://Fourthought.com 4735 East Walnut St, Ste. C, Boulder, CO 80301-2537, USA Software-engineering, knowledge-management, XML, CORBA, Linux, Python XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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