Re: [xsl] something I'd really like in XSLT

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/23/07, Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> David Carlisle wrote:
> >> I remember my lessons correctly, the precedence
> >> is calculated by means of priority,
> >>
> >
> > be careful of terminology: there is "import precedence" and "priority"
> > both of which affect which templates are used if multiple templates
> > match, but they are not directly related.
> >
> > "import precedence" just relates to the stylesheet module that the
> > template is in, not to the form of the match pattern.
> >
> > "priority" relates to the explict priority attribute, or if no such
> > attribute exists, to the default priority for the match pattern.
> >
> >
>
> Ah, yes, thanks for making it more clear, I was mixing them up.
>
> I think I meant: the "priority that is affected by the import
> precedence". But that isn't a correct statement either. Perhaps this:
> "The import precedence only overrules a certain match if the priorities
> (default or explicit) are equal".

Import precedence happens first - you can have a template with
priority 10000 but it won't be used if a template with priority -1 has
a higher import precedence - which can be just because the stylesheet
it lives in was imported after the stylesheet containing the template
with the higher priority.  It's a wonderful gotcha...