RE: MSXML Parser V3.0 released

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian dot rahtz at computing-services dot oxford dot ac dot uk>]

Kay Michael writes:
 > and it looks as if it will soon be 110% compliant judging from the
 > following...
 > 
 > The xsl:apply-templates element may itself contain xsl:template elements, in
 > which case these templates are tested before templates defined elsewhere.
 > These templates are only available within the xsl:apply-templates and are
 > not visible from outside. This mechanism allows the definition of locally
 > scoped templates.

This is really terrible. Right-thinking people should rise up against
this gross, unnecessary, extension. Can anyone suggest a problem which 
can be solved using this technique, and no other in standard XSLT?

Sebastian


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