Re: XSLT functions

Well...

generate-id() has many use in XSLTMatchPattern for testing node equality (in
XSLT 1.0)

If we forbid all, I would ask for having p:generate-id()

I also admit that unparsed-text()
unparsed-text-available()


On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:

> XSLT adds 19 functions to XPath. Several make no sense because they rely
> on XSLT instructions:
>
> current()
> current-group()
> current-grouping-key()
> element-available()
> function-available()
> key()
> regex-group()
>
> A few we can easily do without because we have our own mechanisms
> (or we already support them):
>
> document()
> system-property()
>
> That leaves these:
>
> format-date()
> format-dateTime()
> format-number()
> format-time()
> generate-id()
> type-available()
> unparsed-entity-public-id()
> unparsed-entity-uri()
> unparsed-text()
> unparsed-text-available()
>
> On balance, I think we should say that they're all forbidden.
> Even in XSLT Match patterns?
>
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