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RE: [xsl] How to use generate-id() inside an xsl:function without a node available?

Subject: RE: [xsl] How to use generate-id() inside an xsl:function without a node available?
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:28:18 -0000
> Unless the XSLT processor decides to "optimize" this and 
> makes the node global(static) -- moves it outside the scope 
> of the function....

It's not allowed to. In that respect, XSLT and XQuery are not purely
functional: node creation has a limited side-effect. This comes out most
strongly in XQuery, where you will see plenty of tests in the test suite
like 

count(for $i in 1 to 10 return <a/>)

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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