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Re: [xsl] LINQ to XML versus XSLT

2008-06-27 08:10:59
"Alexander" == Alexander Johannesen 
<alexander(_dot_)johannesen(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:

    Alexander> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 16:33, Colin Paul Adams
    Alexander> <colin(_at_)colina(_dot_)demon(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk> wrote:
    >> But I don't agree that it is a good idea. What should the type
    >> look like? Certainly not the W3C DOM.

    Alexander> DOM was yet another inbaked API, nothing more. No, XML
    Alexander> as native to languages should, IMHO, look like XML,
    Alexander> where <result> = <value>{$variable}</value> +
    Alexander> <value>{$other}</value> ; becomes ;

    Alexander>    <result> <value>...</value> <value>...</value>
    Alexander> </result>

That's just STRING. At least, so it appears to me.

    Alexander> I'm sure if a bunch of people think about this for a
    Alexander> little while we could come up with something that's
    Alexander> pretty cool, and urge languages to adopt it.

I'm sure they couldn't.

What should the processing characteristics be? Should it be optimised
for streaming processing, or for the XPath preceding-sibling axis or
... ?
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire

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