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Re: [xsl] Junit-type Framework for XSLT 2 Functions and Templates?

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> I don't understand why everybody seems to react to the word "infinite"
> in this way.
> 
probably because I came into the conversation late and hadn't realized you
wanted to generate N of a potentially infinite set. 

> Infinite or not, it doesn't matter -- the tool must generate the first
> N instances (possibly satisfying some additional, user-defined set of
> conditions).
obviously if not Infinite and less than N then tool just generates complete set,
returns info that complete set has been generated. 

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> In order for "the first N" to be meaningful, we must refer to some
> ordering on the set of instances -- a suitable ordering criteria might
> be length (number of nodes) of the instance.
> 
> 
that seems like a suitable ordering, what could others be. 

how about namespace usage, that is to say do not start generating instances with
namespace Y until all possible instances comprised only of Namespace X without Y
is satisfied. Obviously if Y is mandatory then this ordering is achieved at
beginning. 

Points to possible multiple orderings.

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