> >
>
> You need to fight your fear of recursion. You can't keep writing
XSLT
> with one hand tied behind your back for ever. Recursion almmost
> certainly IS the simpler way to do it.
>

As assumption.  Nobody's afraid of recursion, but match patterns are
nicer, yes?  Recall my original question:
> 1. A general question about approach and best practice.
I was just afret the simplest approach - not a diagnosis of my phobias
(which are far more interesting than anything on this list ;~}.

I appreciate your input however.  Recursion does appear to be the best
way to go about this.




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