RE: [xsl] Variables scope - weird behavior of msxml3 ?

Subject: RE: [xsl] Variables scope - weird behavior of msxml3 ?
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:39:12 +0100
> 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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