Re: [Xslt 3 Start] Use case for Function Call Invocation
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Thanks a lot, mixed-language was indeed not in my mind when reading the recommandation ! Christophe Le 04/02/2021 à 10:08, Michael Kay [email protected] a écrit : > If there's a use case for mixed-language programming, then there's a > use case for calling a function written in one language from a > function written in another. > > It's hard to dream up good use cases for mixed-language programming, > because it's something you generally want to avoid when you can. It > tends to happen when you are integrating code that already exists, and > that uses multiple languages for historic reasons. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > >> On 4 Feb 2021, at 08:08, Christophe Marchand [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello ! >> >> Reading the recommandation, I was not able to imagine a use-case for >> Function Call Invocation >> <https://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-30/#invoking-initial-function>[1]. >> >> Recommandation only speeks of raw result, and 2.3.5 section does not >> mention a "starting environment". >> >> Saxon implementation does not provide a command-line way to start a >> XSL with a function call invocation ; there is only an API method to >> do so. And in this case, a XDM value is return. >> >> Could W3C Xslt group members explain the motivation of such a >> starting way ? >> >> Does someone has a real use-case of this invocation ? >> >> Best regards, >> Christophe >> >> [1] : https://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-30/#invoking-initial-function >> >> XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> >> EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/293509> >> (by email) > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/2837134> > (by email <>) --~---------------------------------------------------------------- XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list EasyUnsubscribe: http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/3329386 or by email: [email protected] --~--