Subject: Re: [xsl] ENTITY declaration From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:27:31 GMT |
I tend to disagree. Someone who is used to reading XSLT code but unused to your personal coding style will recognize <xsl:value-of select="."/> far more quickly than they recognize &content;. I tend to disagree as well. Apart from meaning that someone else has to check what &content; means, <xsl:if test=".."> &content; </xsl:if> visually looks to me much more like <xsl:if test=".."> stuff </xsl:if> than <xsl:if test=".."> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </xsl:if> But the behaviour is very different. With value-of (or any element) the white space used for indentation is stripped, but with "stuff" it is not and the text node generated has content " stuff " Also some XML parsers (notably msxml) default to validation mode when they see a doctype so try to validate the stylesheet which generates lots of spurious errors. The one thing nxml-mode doesn't do is tell you exactly where your document becomes invalid. It sticks a big red line to mark the spot doesn't it? David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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