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Re: Re: _why_ do people use xsl:element and xsl:attribute so much Was Re: xslt svg problem
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: _why_ do people use xsl:element and xsl:attribute so much Was Re:[xsl] xslt svg problem
- From: Oleg Tkachenko <olegt at multiconn dot com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 10:54:35 +0200
- Organization: Multiconn International
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Dylan Walsh wrote:
>>From: David Carlisle [SMTP:davidc@nag.co.uk]
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 3:56 PM
>>
>>That I would say that xsl:element and xsl:attribute only be used (or
>>shown to) advanced users who are needing to generate the
>>element/attribute names based on the run time behaviour of the
>>stylesheet rather than the far more usual case of generating fixed
>>
> names
>>from the stylesheet or source.
I think it's functional/procedural programming clash again. First
approach is "just say what you want to be in the result" and second one
is "lets build result by these functions". Obviously all Java/C++/VB
people like the second approach and eaily abuse of it a lot.
--
Oleg Tkachenko
Multiconn International
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