[xsl] the problem with include and import

["Matt G." <matt_g_ at hotmail dot com>]

It occurred to me, while I was considering the issues relating to stylesheet 
library modularity with respect to dynamic scoping, that global parameters 
and variables already present a problem (if I'm not mistaken).  In my 
opinion, they ought to have been scoped to the file in which they're 
specified.  Then, they should get passed to included or imported stylesheets 
explicitly, via a with-param element, inside of the respective include or 
import element.  Or, perhaps, by dynamic scoping.

I'm concerned that (assuming I'm not mistaken), if these issues aren't 
addressed, it may be very difficult for stylesheet libraries of any 
significant complexity to be developed and used, successfully.

Furthermore, this would also provide more static optimization opportunities 
to XSLT processors supporting some sort of evaluate() function which 
supports variable references.


Matthew Gruenke


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