Subject: Re[2]: [xsl] Abbreviated form of XSLT? From: "Michael R. Hahn" <sgml.xml@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:03:35 -0400 |
Hi, Debbie: >> element p >> output "%c" DAL> And we can all see how much easier that is DAL> for humans to read. What, for example, is DAL> the scope of the "element p" cluster. DAL> I know I am a minority, but I really really DAL> dislike languages that "imply" scope of DAL> narrative by indentation and other tricks DAL> of formatting. DAL> <xsl:xxx>...</xsl:xxx> may be verbose, but DAL> I can see right away where it starts and ends. DAL> Ending when the next thing starts, or after a DAL> semicolon, or when you encounter something of DAL> your same level, is just not as easy to read. DAL> I've been spoiled by years of markup to think DAL> that starting and ending explicitly is not DAL> verbose, but polite. Besides, it looks like Omnimark. Nice rejoinder. -- ================================================================ Michael R. Hahn Phone: 1-703-433-0265 ---------------------------------------------------------------- sgml.xml@xxxxxxx Cell: 1-540-729-2962 ================================================================ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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