Re: [xslt] Any interest in an alternative syntax for XSLT?

[Bjorn Reese <breese mail1 stofanet dk>]

Phil Shafer wrote:

> When we exposed our XSLT scripting ability to customers, we found them
> quite hostile to xslt syntax.  I looked around for alternatives, but

I have the same experience.

> I'd love to contribute this code back to the libxslt sources, if
> you are interested.

I think that SLAX is brilliant. I really like the idea of syntactic
sugar-coating the XML syntax.

Ultimately this is Daniel's decision, but I certainly recommend that it
is included, partly because SLAX is going to be a productivity boost to
stylesheet developers, and partly because SLAX will give libxml a
competitive edge (at least for a while).

I have only browsed through the documentation, but I have a few
suggestions.

> ** The "mode" Statement

>     match * {
>         mode "one";
>         <one> .;
>     }

The "mode" looks odd inside the block. How about something like this?

  match * with mode "one" {
    <one> .;
  }

> ** The "priority" Statement

>     match * {
>         priority 10;
>         <output> .;
>     }

Same comment as for the mode statement.

  match * with priority 10 {
    <output> .;
  }

> ** The "ns" Statement

>     ns junos = "http://www.juniper.net/junos/";;

Consider calling this "namespace" (as used in C++).