Re: Attributes of Top-Most Element

[Norman Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

/ Chuck Darney <cdarney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> was heard to say:
| Is it possible to use attributes assigned to the top-most element within
| the style sheet to change some processing options?  Is it, as suggested
| by David Pawson, a limitation based on the "side-effects" discussion of
| a while ago?

If I recall this thread from a few days ago, I think the answer
is "yes" (to both questions).

You can't have side effects, so you can't set global variables
From inside a construction rule.  However, you can use
(inherited-attribute-string) or even a function to test the
value of the attribute on the top-most element wherever you need
to in processing.

Does that help?

--norm


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