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Subject: RE: [xsl] Using keys in templates
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:13:01 -0400

At 09:27 AM 7/14/2004, you wrote:
I yield to Michael Kay & Wendell Piez. :-)  Perhaps, though, I simply
overstated.  I do believe that far too many XSLT newcomers are writing
spaghetti XSLT and have very little clue why it works (or doesn't work).

It's true that empty templates are going to be very mysterious things until you understand the processing model.


On the other hand, figuring out how and why they work the way they do can be an excellent exercise to help gain that understanding.

Like so much, this cuts both ways. I'm definitely in favor of anything that can lower the incidence of people trying to use XSLT (or any technology) without understanding how it works. Choosing to be ignorant because knowledge is "too hard" rarely pays off in the end, and often it proves to be very expensive.

So ironically, this discussion is very useful (thanks John) if for no other reason that maybe a newbie or two will say "hm, the experts are arguing over whether it's a good idea to use empty templates: maybe I better understand that". Yep!

Cheers,
Wendell


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