Subject: Re: syntax feedback
From: Chris Lilley <chris@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 14:20:46 +0100
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Oren Ben-Kiki wrote:
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> Daniel GLAZMAN <daniel.glazman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yeah... So why does XSL reinvent the wheel and not reuse CSS
> > selectors' syntax ? Why those ugly xsl:then and BLA $eq$ "sdfv" ?
> > Why position qualifiers using negative integers in order to say 'last
> > one' ? Berk !!!!
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> Because CSS syntax is not XML. I think that the XSL syntax is reasonable
> given the XML constraint.
Lets not compare apples and oranges here.
If (from the August draft)
<xsl:template
match="list[attribute(ordered)='yes')]/item[first-of-type()]">
is XML syntax - which it is - then so is
<xsl:template match="list[ordered='yes'] > item">
Either way, you need to parse the attributes specially.
--
Chris
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