On 5/24/06, Wendell Piez <wapiez(_at_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
At 01:21 PM 5/24/2006, I wrote:
>This is all true, but there are times when <xsl:for-each
>select="//node(position() <= $number)"/> is just so far within
>the safety zone that a purist solution seems, well, limiting in its
>own way (since then we end up having to document the recursion, etc.).
Okay, I admit that it has sometimes been said one must really
document the position test as an artificial constraint on a count of
iterations, as it really is so bizarre....
It is not more bizarre than counting on one's fingers :o)
I'd say it's more concrete on the "concrete ---> abstract" axis
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Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev
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Cheers,
Wendell
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