Subject: Re: A beef with XSLT Sometimes too complicated
From: Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 14 Jul 2006 13:17:58 +0100
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>>>>> "Jack" == MrDemeanour <mrdemeanour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Jack> Colin Paul Adams wrote:
>>>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>>> In principle, you could use XSLT with a different expression
>>>> language from XPath - this just happens to be non-conformant.
Michael> It's not non-conformant if it it's done using the
Michael> Michael>
>> extensibility features of the language:
Michael> <YPath:value-of select="ypath-expression"/>
>> Good point. I hope there's no demand for it though :-)
Jack> Really??? I find XSLT itself reasonably lucid; it's XPath
Jack> that I find obscure and hard-to-remember.
Really. Speaking as an implementor, I don't want to have to implement
another expression language.
But I don't find XPath obscure at all.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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