Re: xsl:attribute in XSLT 2.0

Sergiu Ignat wrote:

> The most often use of xsl:attribute in my XSLT code is like this:
>
> <xsl:attribute name="attname">
>         <xsl:value-of select="somenodevalue"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
>
> I am writing things like this for hundreds of times.
> I hoped that XSLT 2.0 standard will make my work easier.
> I would like to have an optional 'select' attribute for xsl:attribute element, 
> wich works just like in xsl:variable, so I could write:
>
> <xsl:attribute name="attname" select="somenodevalue"/>
>
> That's one line instead of three.
>
> I haven't seen anything like this in XSLT 2.0 Draft
> Is there any reason why "select" attribute can't be added to xsl:attribute 
> element?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sergiu Ignat
Why don't you just write something like

        <... attname="{somenodevalue}" />

?

Julian


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