Re: [xsl] [xslt 2.0] Difference betwen functions and templates

["Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,
  Thanks for further educating me.

On 7/21/07, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Now the questions is, is xsl:template name= ...
> > able to do something, which xsl:function cannot do?
>
> Depends what you count as "able to do something". For example, a named
> template can declare default values for parameters. Does that count?

Yes, that's the difference which is significant for me. So I guess,
this is the only difference between named template & xsl:function? I
am not considering syntactic differences.

> Yes, you can:
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>  <result>
>    <xsl:sequence select="xx:dummy-func()"/>
>  </result>
> </xsl:template>

Thanks for telling this to me. So for me, this difference does not
exist any more..

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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi