Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template) From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:07:35 -0700 |
> Hi Clark, > > > Not a very good example... but then again, I was trying to think of > > a syntax that would allow a node set to be built-up over the course > > of the function, and <exsl:return ... /> does not do this. > > I did come up with a use case that I think touches on what you're > talking about here, namely returning the first five nodes in an > alphabetical sort of a node set. > > <xsl:variable select="my:first-alphabetically($nodes, 5)" /> Well, this could be handled by an exsl:slice() function: exsl:slice($nodes, 1, 5) Would return the first 5 nodes of $node, using the same ordering as used by <for-each select=""> I personally think that broad node-set operators would make up a more general facility than an "append-only-to-the-result" facility. -- Uche Ogbuji Principal Consultant uche.ogbuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +1 303 583 9900 x 101 Fourthought, Inc. http://Fourthought.com 4735 East Walnut St, Ste. C, Boulder, CO 80301-2537, USA Software-engineering, knowledge-management, XML, CORBA, Linux, Python XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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