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Perhaps we could refer to the "unnamed mode" as "the mode that must not be
named".
 On Jan 2, 2015 11:27 PM, "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I agree, this definition is not a very good one. It's a relic of when
> the unnamed mode was always the default mode. A better definition might be:
> >
> > "There is a mode, called the unnamed mode, that has no name. The
> properties of the unnamed mode may be defined using an xsl:mode declaration
> with an absent name attribute. The unnamed mode is the default mode for an
> xsl:apply-templates or xsl:template element with no mode attribute, unless
> a different mode is nominated as the default using an [xsl:]default-mode
> attribute."
>
> Yes, this is precise.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
>
>
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > Saxonica
> > mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 27 Dec 2014, at 19:04, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In the 2nd Last Call of the W3C XSLT 3.0 specification, section "6.6.1
> >> Declaring Modes" defines "unnamed mode" thus:
> >>
> >> "[Definition: The unnamed mode is the default mode used when no mode
> >> attribute is specified on an xsl:apply-templates instruction or
> >> xsl:template declaration, unless a different default mode has been
> >> specified using the [xsl:]default-mode attribute of a containing
> >> element.]"
> >>
> >> I find this definition rather confusing, because the undefined term
> >> "default mode" is used and because this term seems undistinguishable
> >> from two other terms used in the definition: "different default mode"
> >> and "[xsl:]default-mode attribute".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> To summarize, this definition seems (endless) recursive, having not
> >> specified the term "default mode" on which it is based.
> >>
> >>
> >> I believe that a definition that more precisely defines the "unnamed
> >> mode" could be something like this:
> >>
> >> 1. A mode defined in an xsl:mode declaration (the one with highest
> >> import precedence) that has no "name" attribute specified, or
> >>
> >> 2. If there is no xsl:mode without a "name" attribute, then a mode
> >> that is defined by an (implicit) xsl:mode declaration without any
> >> attributes.
> >>
> >> 3. The unnamed mode defined in 1. and 2. above is used as the value of
> >> the "mode" attribute of any "xsl:template" or "xsl:apply-templates"
> >> that have no "mode" attribute specified, unless these are in the scope
> >> of an "[xsl:]default-mode" attribute, in which case the mode specified
> >> in the (innermost) "[xsl:]default-mode" attribute is used as the value
> >> for their "mode" attribute.
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts, please?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dimitre Novatchev
> >
>
>
>
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