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Re: [xsl] How to show explicitly the implicit sequence constructor?

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On 29 Mar 2014, at 09:28, Costello, Roger L. <costello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> In the following template rule is an implicit sequence constructor. The
sequence constructor expresses this: "Show the value of Title, then show the
value of Author."
>
>    <xsl:template match="Book">
>        <xsl:value-of select="Title" />
>        <xsl:value-of select="Author" />
>    </xsl:template>
>
> Is there a way to explicitly show the sequence constructor?
>
> For example, this would be a neat way to explicitly show the sequence
constructor:
>
>    <xsl:template match="Book">
>        <xsl:sequence>
>            <xsl:value-of select="Title" />
>            <xsl:value-of select="Author" />
>        </xsl:sequence>
>    </xsl:template>
>
> Unfortunately that is not legal.
>

It becomes legal in 3.0. But there is still an implicit sequence constructor.
In fact, there are now two, so you have made the "problem" worse.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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