Re: Designs for XSLT functions (Was: Re: [xsl] RE: syntax sugar for call-template)

> So it would be plausible for us to specify an exsl:if() function that
> we want them implementers to implement and to write into that
> specification that the second argument must only be evaluated if the
> first argument is true, and the third argument must only be evaluated
> if the first argument is false.

The only thing to consider about this is that it introduces a side effect.  C 
programmers know how much complexity the seemingly innocuous

x = a ? b : x++;

can introduce.


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