At 2011-10-02 14:47 -0700, Mark wrote:
My problem was that I was unable to say
abstractly exactly what I wanted to do and
resorted to the hard code example to picture
what was needed. The source of that problem is
that I cannot always picture accurately what is
being presented at some specific processing instance and place.
Not at all uncommon.
Oddly enough, because of that problem, although
I had started with a close approximation of your
code, I made some wrong initial assumptions
about what I had in hand, followed by several
mistaken corrections, which led to all that noise.
Not a problem. That happens when you get off on a tangent.
I have, however, simplified a lot of code after
we talked last week, but there are still many
C++ fingerprints smeared on it. At 72, it is
just a bit harder to change one's tricks.
No doubt such thinking will keep your mind
sharp! I'm a second-generation freelance
computer programmer myself and taught these
technologies to my father in one of my public
classes (never was I more nervous as a teacher!).
In posting to this list I try to illustrate
different techniques used in solutions.
Thatâ??s why yesterday I asked the list for sources of XSLT design patterns.
I sell a book on XSLT (and one on XSL-FO, and one
on UBL, and one on code lists in XML), but I'm
too biased to give you a proper
recommendation. It is more a reference than a
book of design patterns. My instructor-led
hands-on teaching and our 24-hour interactive
instructional DVD are both based on this book.
Next week I'll be announcing to this list the
book's recent unlocked availability in its
complete form on a "try and buy" promise (if you
like it, you buy it; if you don't, you delete
it). Too busy this week to announce it properly.
No sources, but got a misdirected affectionate note in French, though.
I smiled on reading it, then smiled wider recognizing who wrote it.
Good luck, Mark!
. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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