For me it’s probably maps, as it allows structured results. Iterate helps a lot
in some cases (e.g. processing static variables in an XSLT compiler ;-)).
Dark horses might be accumulators (though I admit to never having used keys in
2.0) which are slowly growing on me.
And without xsl:evaluate an XSLT compiler in XSLT would be considerably more
complex. I should also of course use packaging .... real soon now....
John Lumley
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On 3 Oct 2019, at 20:09, Martynas Jusevičius
martynas(_at_)atomgraph(_dot_)com
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
To me I think it's streaming, because it enables transformations on
large data which simply were not possible before.
But it's probably the most complex, too.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 8:19 PM Graydon graydon(_at_)marost(_dot_)ca
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 04:59:28PM -0000, Liam R. E. Quin
liam(_at_)fromoldbooks(_dot_)org scripsit:
While i was preparing for a course on XSLT 3 later this month, i
wondered whether other people would have favourite features that were
introduced in XSLT 3. I know i do.
What do you find most useful? Or like the best?
Maps. I find maps are hands-down the single most useful thing in XSLT 3.
(Even
if that's technically 3.1.)
xsl:mode can clearly do much more than I use it for, but the one-line
identity template version is a boon to multi-pass processing.
The general... compactness of expression? I'm not sure what to call it.
<xsl:variable as="xs:integer" name="splitPos" select="min($kids[label =
$labelKeys] ! index-of($kids, .))" />
is certainly *possible* in XSLT 1.0, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't
write it like that. Possibly better phrased as "it's been awhile since
I was annoyed by the lack of function".
-- Graydon
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