Re: DSSSL query feature

[David Megginson <dmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Prescod writes:
 > David Megginson wrote:
 > > QUERY would also be very nice for flow-object construction rules in
 > > general -- right now, to process PI's, I have to iterate explicitly
 > > through every element's content.  I imagine, though, that it would be
 > > very difficult to implement.
 > 
 > Would select-by-class help?

Yes, but only assuming that ordering didn't matter.  It is often
necessary to process PIs where they occur (ie. between two elements or
two chunks of data).


All the best,


David

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