Subject: Re: [xsl] What's the best feature in XSLT 3? From: "Martynas Jusevičius martynas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 19:08:59 -0000 |
To me I think it's streaming, because it enables transformations on large data which simply were not possible before. But it's probably the most complex, too. On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:19 PM Graydon graydon@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 04:59:28PM -0000, Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit: > > While i was preparing for a course on XSLT 3 later this month, i > > wondered whether other people would have favourite features that were > > introduced in XSLT 3. I know i do. > > > > What do you find most useful? Or like the best? > > Maps. I find maps are hands-down the single most useful thing in XSLT 3. (Even > if that's technically 3.1.) > > xsl:mode can clearly do much more than I use it for, but the one-line > identity template version is a boon to multi-pass processing. > > The general... compactness of expression? I'm not sure what to call it. > > <xsl:variable as="xs:integer" name="splitPos" select="min($kids[label = $labelKeys] ! index-of($kids, .))" /> > > is certainly *possible* in XSLT 1.0, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't > write it like that. Possibly better phrased as "it's been awhile since > I was annoyed by the lack of function". > > -- Graydon
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