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Subject: Re: [xsl] When to use text() From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:04:33 -0400 |
Hi, On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Graydon <graydon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (In this particular case; whitespace text nodes and comments and > processing instructions can throw a lot more than that off if you > suppose they're never there.) Exactly. I think the problem is deeper than the name of text(). They could have named it text-node(), which might have exposed the issue better, but it wouldn't have solved it. (Instead of the beginners jumping to incorrect conclusions, they'd go "huh?", and then jump to incorrect conclusions.) The deeper problem is the much more common one, that we don't like being surprised when things are different and more complicated than we imagined going in. Why do we have comments, PIs, or mixed content at all? They are such a pain. (Because it's a *markup language*, Sweetie.) Then, I suppose, it's nice to have someone else to blame. James Clark and Steven J. DeRose! If only the XPath 1.0 Rec had correctly anticipated what I am thinking today, this entire problem could have been avoided! Or, there's an alternative approach. Heiko, who started this thread, demonstrated it. Stay alert, don't assume all your guesses must be correct, and ask questions. Cheers, Wendell -- Wendell Piez | http://www.wendellpiez.com XML | XSLT | electronic publishing Eat Your Vegetables _____oo_________o_o___ooooo____ooooooo_^
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