Re: EXSLT for XSLT 2.0 - backward compatibility

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Colin Paul Adams <[email protected]> wrote ..
> Shouldn't it be possible to implement nearly all of EXSLT for XSLT 2.0
> using xsl:function? (After all, a prominent reason for excluding
> functions from XPath 2.0 is if they can be coded with xsl:function.)

yes, with little problems... I did an analysis a few mths back but never returned with respect to checking it with the latest XSLT 2.0 spec.
 
> In which case, XSLT 2.0 processors can become backwards-compatible
> with EXSLT simply by importing a stylesheet with all the definitions
> in (perhaps one stylesheet for the date library, etc. and one for
> importing all the libraries).

might be a good time, with a few more XSLT 2.0 processors emerging...I think having more then saxon was always the trigger for me to start any new work with EXSLT and XSLT 2.0.

--Jim Fuller

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