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> I've used EXSLT. It is not that well designed
How so?
> it is definitely not standard
What do you mean? What do you call "standard"? You might want to take care
and look at some very long past threads on this list before giving a facile
answer.
> and implementations suck (in particular, Xalan 2.5.1 still
> has horrible bugs with func:function).
That's like saying all implementations of automobiles suck because the Ford
Pinto used to catch fire a lot.
> I reckon that extending the function library fills a gap, but clearly
> XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0 provides much more. For example, with EXSLT, you
> still have to say explicitly that you want to convert an RTF into a
> node-set. Try explaining that to an XSLT beginner!
True. XSLT does not set out to change the core of XPath/XSLT (which would be
required for node-set/RTF unification). We do as best we can using
modularization. XPath NG (on which progress is unfortunately slow at the
moment) does seek to match this unification, but plans to maintain the
principle of modularization which Roger has expressed.
> Many of the major new features of XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0 cannot be
> addressed by library extensions. For example being able to express
> conditions and iterations in XPath is a HUGE plus from a syntactical
> point of view (aren't you tired of xsl:choose?).
Syntactic sugar is nice, but I don't think it justifies the enormous
additional complexity of XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0.
I'm glad it works for you. It doesn't work for may others, as you can easily
tell in this thread. As I've said often enough, forking can be a very healthy
thing. I wave to you from the other tine.
--
Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc.
http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com
XML Data Bindings in Python - http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/06/11/py-xml.html
Introducing Examplotron - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xmptron/
Charming Jython - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jython.html
The commons of creativity - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think18.html
A custom-fit career in app development - http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7744
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