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- Subject: [xsl] XSL theory questions
- From: Zak McGregor <zak at mighty dot co dot za>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:46:37 +0200
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Hi all
Could anyone please explain a few things to me?
1 - Why the XSL spec does not allow for scoping of variables outside of
logical blocks? Would it have been that dificult to have added a scope
attribute to the <xsl:variable> declaration so that a variable could be
globally scoped?
2 -
<xsl:coose><xsl:when>...</xsl:when><xsl:otherwise>...</xsl:otherwise></xsl:choose>
seems awfully verbose. And slightly redundant, if you consider something
like <xsl:if>...</xsl:if> and the possibility of having similar
functionality within the <xsl:if> elements. Surely it would be easier to
have all tests with <xsl:if> elements, and having that itself inside
another element to get the equivalent of the <xsl:when> funcionality
without having introduced several elements for similar results?
Thanks
Cheers
Zak
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