Ok. So (and I think I've asked this before and Mike quoted ?I think?
xsd rec) where is the full list of ' data types' in the current raft of
specs?
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/rev2/exampler.html#iof
lists the ones I guessed at.
I couldn't find one, so I guess as with Dimitres 'misnaming',
I (we?) will be fumbling with data types until we've guessed them all?
> the anonymous type?
Your getting your terminology confused
Yes, you're probably right Jeni... but I'm not surprised,
its got to be closer to xsl-fo complexity than xslt 1?
Not getting at you Jeni, honest.
In XSLT, as in other programming languages, typing can be very useful.
I personally have already benefitted by XSLT 2.0 typing. In particular, it
allows me to eliminate code, which in XSLT 1.0 was necessary, e.g. to
check if a node-set passed as parameter is empty and then issue an error
message:
Instead of:
<xsl:template name="foldl1">
<xsl:param name="pFunc" select="/.."/>
<xsl:param name="pList" select="/.."/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="not($pList)">
<xsl:message terminate="yes">Some strong words!!!</xsl:message>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>useful code here</xsl:otherwise>
I now can simply write:
<xsl:function name="f:foldl1">
<xsl:param name="pFunc" as="element()"/>
<xsl:param name="pList" as="item()+"/>
<!-- useful code here -->
This is a significant reduction of the complexity of the code and the
total number of lines. As result the code is simpler, more easier to write
and understand, programmer productivity is increased.
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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
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