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Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
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- Subject: Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template)
- From: Joe English <jenglish at flightlab dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:25:37 -0800
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David.Rosenborg wrote:
>
> > So you would advocate having the development of exsl:function include
> > adding exsl:if()?
>
> Yes, but the conditional construct cannot be an extension function since
> a function call in XPath evaluates all its parameter *before* entering
> the function.
Not necessarily; XSLT and XPATH give implementors considerable
latitude wrt evaluation strategies. I suspect that most XSLT
processors already use lazy evaluation to some degree.
--Joe English
jenglish@flightlab.com
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