Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL:T Spec - qname processing - Question/Suggestion From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:30:15 -0000 |
> Being the programming type I find it strange that the > XSL:T standard > does not allow variables / parameters expansion in qnames such as > "mode" in <apply-templates>. In any programming language there are places where you can use variables and places where you can't. For example, in most languages you can't write: String op = "-"; int val = 2 $op 2; In XSLT, the "mode" attribute is one of the places where you have to make your decisions at compile-time. The idea is that XSLT compilers should not need the names of modes to be around at run-time. > > While I have read part of XSL:T and XML standards > regarding qnames I > can't really see why simple variable/parameter expansion is not > permitted. > > Will this change in XSLT 2.0 ? > The XSL WG is, on the whole, reluctant to make the language more "dynamic" (or reflexive) if this will make it more difficult to compile stylesheets into compact and efficient executables. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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