Re: [xslt] non-dynamic modes

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian rahtz computing-services oxford ac uk>]

Dan Brian wrote:

> If you could do this instead:
>
>   <xsl:apply-templates mode="$thismode"/>
>
> You'd never have to worry about either choose blocks around your 
> apply-templates, OR cascading modes (whether automatically or by 
> hand). I realize this opens up other issues with mode as essentially a 
> select, so I'm not suggesting it's the proper solution.

I think James Clark would reply in a magisterial way that it would stop 
XSLT behaving in some purist functional fashion
I dont understand :-}

> And although XSLT is verbose, it's not often that you have to 
> duplicate code so long as you're having multiple templates and using 
> apply-templates effectively (one of the reasons I like it). 
> Unfortunately, this is a case where it seems you have to duplicate 
> code to get the desired result,

Thinking about it, I can't recall a really long and distressing cascade 
in my work.  I do wish I could
do
<call-template name="process{ rend}">
mind, which is along the same lines


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