I think <xsl:with select="..."> is an elegant rewrite of for-each. It
does make me wonder whether it would earn brownie points or penalties in
Gerrit's highly opiniated book.
On 19/05/2020 18:52, Liam R. E. Quin liam(_at_)fromoldbooks(_dot_)org wrote:
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 08:54 +0000, Pieter Masereeuw
pieter(_at_)masereeuw(_dot_)nl
Because such a for-each does not repeat, I always add a comment like
<!-- Merely sets the context, does not repeat -->.
I tend to comment these too, although not with the repeat part - be
careful, too, as in English a less-informed reader might get an
incorrect impression reinforced that for-each is a loop, rather than a
mapping operator.
Yes, an xsl:with-context-item select=.... would be clearer. Wkether
it's worth increasing the size of the language for it is a judgment
call that's a little harder, i think.
Best,
Liam
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