Re: [xsl] Javascript for extension functions

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>     Abel> XmlHTTPRequest which can be used for issuing a POST to the
>     Abel> server and returning an XML object.
>
> I wouldn't have thought so. It's not part of the language. Is it a
> required library function?
>
>    <snip />
>
> But all these must be provided as library functions by the Javascript
> implementor - so they might as well as be provided as built-in
> extension functions.
>   

ah, you are right, these are provided by the browser, just like the 
whole DOM thing is... I was mistaken there. Perhaps there are other 
things you can do better in JS then in XSLT, but these are the ones I 
would like to see addressed (or my first attempt for an extension function)