[xsl] Cross-browser exsl:node-set, was: [xsl] Re: accessing a node-set in variables with libxslt

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:23:43 -0600, Sam Carleton
<scarleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common"; to the xsl:stylesheet and then
> use
>  exslt:node-set()

You can also use a trick suggested by David Carlisle, and formulated by
Julian Reschke that will provide consistency and, as such, portability
across all of the major XSLT processor vendors, providing the ability to
use exsl:node-set() inside of MSXML as well.  See:
http://dpcarlisle.blogspot.com/2007/05/exslt-node-set-function.html for
more detail.

On a related note, as of earlier today, adding support for exsl:node-set()
has been officially created by and assigned to Alexey Proskuryakov in the
WebKit Bugzilla database. My guess is that within a reasonable number of
nightly builds we will be enabled to begin the testing process which means
that all four major browsers, including Opera, will provide support for
exsl:node-set, MSXML via the handy work of David Carlisle and Julian
Reschke.  See http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14525 for more detail.

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