>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Andrew> For the task of processing a directory of csv files into
    Andrew> xml, a collection() function that returned the equivalent
    Andrew> of calling unparsed-text() on each file would be really
    Andrew> useful.

    Andrew> Is it likely to make it into the language?

Collection() can be implemented now to allow this to be
done already. Gestalt's implementation provides a collection of document nodes
that contain information about each directory and file
present. Therefore the unparsed-text() function can be
called on each entry in turn. You could then process this and turn it
into xml using xsl:functions.

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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire