Too many apply-templates call error -- can't figure out what causes the

I'm running an xsl transformation using saxon 8.6 and
i encounter this error, 'too many apply-template
calls'. The purpose of the xslt is to tag all strings
in the listEXP.txt file with EXP. I have 2 templates
to match, 1st the template that matches * which simply
copies the element and its attributes. the 2nd is a
template that matches text()[name(parent::*)!='EXP'],
here it should search all the occurrences of the
strings and tag it with EXP.

I have created two functions, 1 is the tmpReplacement
function which creates a tree of strings that i will
use as temporary replacement strings. and the other is
the replace-all function that do the search and
replace function.

the error message points me to the apply-templates in
the template that matches * but i think thats not the
one actually causing the error because when i remove
the elements that calls the replace-all function the
transformation is a success.

so i think the error is in the replace-all function
but i can't seem to find out which part of the
function is actually causing it.

this is the xsl file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
xmlns:f="data:,f">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:variable name="wordLst" as="xs:string*">
<xsl:analyze-string
select="unparsed-text('listEXP.txt','utf-8')"
regex="[\r\n]">
<xsl:non-matching-substring>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:non-matching-substring>
</xsl:analyze-string>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:element name="{name(.)}">
<xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()[name(parent::*)!='EXP']">
<xsl:variable name="repLst" as="xs:string*"
select="for $i in (1 to count($wordLst)) return
f:tempReplacement($i)"/>
<xsl:variable name="tmpStr"
select="f:replace-all(.,$wordLst,$repLst,1)"/>
<xsl:value-of
select="f:replace-all($tmpStr,$repLst,$wordLst,0)"/>
</xsl:template>
<!--Function that creates a tree node of temporary
replacement strings.-->
<xsl:function name="f:tempReplacement" as="xs:string">
<xsl:param name="value" as="xs:integer"/>
<xsl:value-of select="if ($value &lt; 10) then
concat('replacement','00',$value) else if ($value &gt;
9 and $value &lt; 100) then
concat('replacement','0',$value) else
concat('replacement',$value)"/>
</xsl:function>
<!--Function that simulates a replace-all function and
returns the replaced string.-->
<xsl:function name="f:replace-all">
<xsl:param name="input" as="xs:string"/>
<xsl:param name="words-to-replace" as="xs:string*"/>
<xsl:param name="replacement" as="xs:string*"/>
<xsl:param name="flag" as="xs:integer"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$flag=1">
<xsl:sequence select="if (exists($words-to-replace))
then f:replace-all(replace($input,
replace($words-to-replace[1], '[.\\?*+{}()\[\]^$]',
'\\$0'),
$replacement[1],'i'),remove($words-to-replace,1),remove($replacement,1),1)
else $input"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:sequence select="if (exists($words-to-replace))
then f:replace-all(replace($input,
replace($words-to-replace[1], '[.\\?*+{}()\[\]^$]',
'\\$0'),
concat('<EXP>',$replacement[1],'</EXP>')),remove($words-to-replace,1),remove($replacement,1),0)
else $input"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:function>
</xsl:stylesheet>

this is the listEXP.txt
Faire-part
Par-dessus
S. Prieure
dernier-né
sang-froid
sage-femme
Brise-bise
branle-bas
à peu près

here is the source xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<CORPUS>
<T1>
<LIB>
<T>1901-1913</T>trois cent soixante-cinq
chambres à coucher
<EXP>Faire-part</EXP>
Faire-part
sage-femme
Brise-bise
branle-bas
à peu près
</LIB>
</T1>
</CORPUS>


thanks,
UlyLee



        
                
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