On Sun, 2021-06-20 at 08:01 +0000, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > But i agree there are cases where it makes sense.B B  Sometimes i
> > write,
> > B <xsl:variable name="input" select="/" />
> > for example, 
> 
> Yep, we all do that, and it's very handy, but it also has a
> devastating impact: it severely restricts your abiliity to r[...]
> change it to process a collection of documents,

That's very true. A conversion into a tunnel parameter will work for
templates but not functions.

A non-streamable function fn:input-document() might be a win!

Liam

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