Re: [xsl] xsl:for or xsl:repeat

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/24/06, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 01:21 PM 5/24/2006, I wrote:
> >This is all true, but there are times when <xsl:for-each
> >select="//node(position() &lt;= $number)"/> is just so far within
> >the safety zone that a purist solution seems, well, limiting in its
> >own way (since then we end up having to document the recursion, etc.).
>
> Okay, I admit that it has sometimes been said one must really
> document the position test as an artificial constraint on a count of
> iterations, as it really is so bizarre....

It is not more bizarre than counting on one's fingers   :o)

I'd say it's more concrete on the "concrete --->  abstract"  axis


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Dimitre Novatchev
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> Cheers,
> Wendell
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