Re: [xsl] Equal rights for xsl:next-match & co

Subject: Re: [xsl] Equal rights for xsl:next-match & co
From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:20 +0100
On 17 May 2013 16:20, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It would seem that xsl:next-match and xsl:apply-imports are of the
> same genre as xsl;apply-templates in that they all result in XSLT
> going off to search for a template rule to apply.
>
> Of the trio only xsl:apply-templates accepts and processes a mode parameter.
>
> Supposing I do xsl:next-match within a modal template rule. Why
> shouldn't that restrict potential matching templates to those of the
> same mode.
>
> Are we looking at some sort of lacuna here or have I overlooked something.

xsl:next-match returns the next template in match priority order, so
changing the mode doesn't really make sense there.  If you need to do
that, just do <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode=" the other mode"/>


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