Re: [xsl] XSLT 4 xsl:with

["Peter Flynn peter@xxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/05/2020 09:54, Pieter Masereeuw pieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Just something that I've always wanted to bring up, but always hesitated 
> to do because I don't know if it's really worthwhile:
>
> I often find myself using xsl:for-each for no other purpose than merely 
> setting the context, e.g., in order to call a named template or to 
> simplify a set of XPath expressions.

I do this fairly often, usually for the second reason you give, and 
because it is basically a way of saying "hold on, I'm just going over to 
that part of the tree to do something, back in a few ticks"
> I would be very happy if I could make my intentions clearer by using a 
> real XSLT construct in this situation, such as *<xsl:with 
> select="...">*. 

<xsl:hold-my-beer>

> The proposed name comes from my first computer language, Pascal.

Mine doesn't :-)

Peter