Using the Saxon 7.4 parser with XSLT2, I am unable to invoke
<xsl:result-document> from within an <xsl:function> element,
even though I can invoke it from a named template. Is there
any particular reason for this discrepancy?
Yes, functions are intended to be side-effect free, so that function
calls within XPath expressions can be liberally optimized by rewriting
the XPath expression. If you want to compute values from the input, use
xsl:function; if you want to produce output, use templates.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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