Re: exslt:node-set differs between Xalan-J and XSLTC

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Julian Reschke <[email protected]> wrote:
> "The purpose of the exsl:node-set function is to return a node-set from a
> result tree fragment. If the argument is a node-set already, it is simply
> returned as is..."

If you've a node-set already then what's the use of passing that again
to node-set function? Why can't the original node-set be used as it
is?

The most important aspect of node-set function is to convert RTF to
node-set, and that works fine with Xalan.

Do you really need an identity conversion of a node-set to a similar
node-set for practical needs? If yes, then is the type of input to
node-set function known statically, before compilation of stylesheet
-- if yes then I believe, another call to node-set with node-set as
argument is not really needed; I think then we can just use the
original node-set reference.




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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi