xsl:expose and the unnamed mode does not seem to be problematic

• From: Abel Braaksma <abel.braaksma@xs4all.nl>
• Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:58:23 +0100
• To: "'Public XSLWG'" <public-xsl-wg@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <23fe01d240eb$6d667890$483369b0$@xs4all.nl>

> 
> Note that Michael's observation that xsl:expose should not apply to the
> unnamed mode should still be considered, but in itself does not apply to
> apply-templates invocation.
> 

The discussion on the apply-templates invocation discussion touched on a seeming omission that xsl:expose could expose the unnamed mode. Rereading the spec, the xsl:expose syntax requires a *named component*. Since the unnamed mode is not a *named component*, it can never be selected in xsl:expose.

Perhaps we could signify this with a Note. Although "exposing" the unnamed mode is now prohibited by at least two rules: we require it to be private (the visibility attribute must be absent have the value "private"), and we cannot select it by using the existing syntax for xsl:expose.

Received on Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:59:05 UTC