Re: [xslt] key() in match pattern of xsl:key

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:54:09PM -0500, Joel E. Denny wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> 
> >but it's not anything there is
> >normative prose about nor regression tests to check behaviour.
> 
> That's too bad because it seems to work so well if the required 
> declaration order is known.
> 
> Although I'd rather stick with pure XSLT 1.0, I'm thinking about solving 
> my problem by calling EXSLT user-defined functions in the match pattern of 
> an xsl:key.  However, after reading this discussion
> 
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122483
> 
> I'm feeling slightly uneasy.  Assuming there are no variable references 
> anywhere in the dependency chain of the match pattern, this remains 
> accepted/supported usage, right?

  I said I didn't intend to change things. This is an Open Source project
not some black box coming without sources ! If you care about behaviour
provide regression tests, check the code, etc ... It's not like I ever
refused a good argumentation for some code or some regression tests. I
just refuse to change to make non-conforming behaviour !
  If what you request is against the spec, you may have troubles sooner
or later, if not then you have no reason to be so defensive. 
  The only promise I make is that I will try to stay compilant to the
spec (except where the cost requires developments or code dependancies
outside the limits sensible for this projects).

Daniel

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