xsl:apply-templates (without select) should allow inline content

[innovimax]

The specification of XSLT 3.0 on the matter is pretty loose and seems to allow the fact that xsl:apply-templates without select attribute should contains the elements to process inline.

It seems like a rather nice feature and may allow to do trick that are quite difficult to do right now

(copy of w3c/qtspecs#31 )

[michaelhkay]

I assume you're proposing that

<xsl:apply-templates>
   <x/>
</xsl:apply-templates>

would be equivalent to

<xsl:variable name="temp">
  <x/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:apply-templates select="$temp"/>

This might be a minor convenience feature, but I can't see that the alternative using a variable is "quite difficult".

There's another more general approach which I have sketched out, where you do

<xsl:pipeline>
   <x/>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:pipeline>

The idea of xsl:pipeline is that the result of each instruction child provides input to the next instruction in the sequence.

[ndw]

We'll close this next week without any further action unless someone raises an objection.

[ndw]

The CG agreed to merge close this issue without further action at meeting 110.