[thelist] RE: [xsl] XSLT Recursive Templates
Michael Kay
mhk at mhk.me.uk
Fri Jun 27 03:54:07 CDT 2003
> Hi,
> Since XSLT doesn't have a replace function, most programmers
> tend to use recursive template to perform the replace task.
>
> This templates have been proven to really slow down applications.
>
> For example when formatting text to include paragraphs, we
> found the better option to be:
Better that what, pray? I find it very hard to imagine any recursive
template that a rational person would write to produce the same trivial
output as your code below.
Michael Kay
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><>
> <><><><<><><><
> ><><>
> <textarea class="textFormat" readonly="true">
> <xsl:value-of select="d"/>
> </textarea>
>
> .textFormat {
> width: 100%;
> height: 100%;
> font-family: Arial, sans serif;
> font-size: 8pt;
> background-color:
> transparent; color: #000000;
> border: 0px;
> overflow: visible;
> }
> <><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><><><><><<><><><><><><><>
> <><><><<><><><
> ><><>
>
> As oppose to using a recursive template.
>
> Use them as a last result.
>
>
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>
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