Re: Q: modes and implicit templates and XT-19990514

Subject: Re: Q: modes and implicit templates and XT-19990514
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:05:56 -0700
At 99/06/18 18:01 -0400, Larry Fitzpatrick wrote:
>The basic issue is do modes apply to the implicit templates (in this example,
>the one for text()).
...
>However, test2.xsl, has no template defined for moded text. The the following
>statement:
>   <xsl:apply-templates mode="c" select="text()"/>
>selects the implicit, unmoded, text rule. This is not what I would have
expected.
...
>The spec says:
>    "If an xsl:apply-templates element has a mode attribute, then 
>it applies only to those template rules from xsl:template elements
>that have a mode attribute with the same value"

The very next paragraph (both from section 7.6 Modes) reads:

"If there is no matching template, then the built-in template rules are
applied, even if a mode attribute was specified in xsl:apply-templates."

>This doesn't seem to be true for this implicit template. 
>Is the spec or xt correct

Both are in sync.

....... Ken

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