Mike S,
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Michael Sokolov
<msokolov(_at_)safaribooksonline(_dot_)com> wrote:
I like to tell dot-and-curly-brace fans that XSLT syntax ends up as a
kind of "syntax coloring" for experienced users. We don't read the
tags any more: we can tell what's happening from scanning the match
patterns, select expressions, LREs, modes and a few other things; and
it turns out the verbosity of the XSLT tag set is weirdly conducive to
this kind of "in your head" compiling. Indeed, this verbosity may be
more apparent than real, since while XSLT claims screen space, the
list of possible elements in XSLT is actually quite short -- with the
result that for an experienced user, @match, @select and LREs really
jump out.
I hear you, but it sounds to me like a post-hoc justification. I really
think I prefer the coloring to be stronger: I'd like the LRE's to look like
XML and the rest to look like *code*.
Understood; nor do I mind XQuery or other syntax that takes this approach.
I also understand why you (or anyone) may take this remark as post-hoc
justification. However, it's not *intended* that way (at least if I am
in a position to judge my own intentions) so much as an observation
bearing on why XSLT's XML syntax doesn't bother some of us as much as
others might think it should.
Cheers, Wendell
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