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Subject: Re: [xsl] Normalize / Simplify HTML-Tables with row-span / col-span From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:19:30 GMT |
This will ease the transition from 1.0 to 2.0, allowing users to still code in 1.0 but take advantage of the best bits of 2.0 (no node-set, xhtml output etc). It's an argument, but I think the overall effect will be negative and harmful to XSLT usage. In particlular people (now, who could I be thinking of here:-) will write and distribute stylesheets purporting to be XSLT1 that work when they test them but that will fail to compile and so fail to produce any result on any conformant XSLT 1 processor. That way lies confusion.... This will ease the transition from 1.0 to 2.0, allowing users to still code in 1.0 but take advantage of the best bits of 2.0 (no node-set, xhtml output etc). If the code doesn't run on any XSLT processor then in what sense can it be said to be coded in 1.0? Some small backward incompatibilities, even in BC mode, are inevitable given the wildly different data models for 1.0 and 2.0, but I don't think turning a syntax error into a "feature" is a mild incompatibility. David -- http://www.dcarlisle.demon.co.uk/matthew ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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