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RE: Variables scope - weird behavior of msxml3 ?
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Variables scope - weird behavior of msxml3 ?
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:39:12 +0100
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> Ok, msxml has a bug, but what about the following template:
>
> <xsl:template match="blabla">
> <xsl:variable name="var"/>
> <html>
> <xsl:variable name="var"/>
> </html>
> </xsl:template>
>
> It must be an error - local variables cannot be overlapped,
> but why this works in
> Xalan (xalan-j 2.0.1) and XT ? Can anybody check it ?
In the case of XT it is a "documented bug": xt implements an earlier version
of the spec in which local variables could be overridden in a nested scope.
I have to say I'm surprised that Xalan Java 2 doesn't report an error here.
Mike Kay
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