RE: [xsl] Tutorial for collection()

Subject: RE: [xsl] Tutorial for collection()
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:51:12 +0100

> Thirdly, I think it is very bad of Saxon to have two 
> completely different meaning for the file URI scheme in the 
> collection function (I refer to the catalog and the wild-card 
> forms, both of which have a completely different meaning).

Bad things often happen in the interests of backwards compatibility!

These days I generally try to keep things working for users even when I
decide my first-cut design wasn't perfect. A few of them pay my salary,
after all.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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[xsl] Tutorial for collection() Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:44:59 +0200 Andrew Welch - Thu, 17 May 2007 15:57:32 +0100 Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 17:31:20 +0200 Colin Adams - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:27:06 +0100 Michael Kay - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:51:12 +0100 <= David Carlisle - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:53:59 +0100 Colin Adams - Thu, 17 May 2007 17:26:48 +0100 David Carlisle - Thu, 17 May 2007 18:10:19 +0100 Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 19:35:57 +0200

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[xsl] Tutorial for collection()
- Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:44:59 +0200
  - Andrew Welch - Thu, 17 May 2007 15:57:32 +0100
    - Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 17:31:20 +0200
  - Colin Adams - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:27:06 +0100
    - Michael Kay - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:51:12 +0100 <=
    - David Carlisle - Thu, 17 May 2007 16:53:59 +0100
      - Colin Adams - Thu, 17 May 2007 17:26:48 +0100
      - David Carlisle - Thu, 17 May 2007 18:10:19 +0100
    - Jesper Tverskov - Thu, 17 May 2007 19:35:57 +0200

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