Subject: RE: [xsl] RFC XSLT Standard - "Further support for variable / parameter expansion of XSLT attributes" From: "Rick Geimer" <Rick.Geimer@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:59:59 -0800 |
>> 5.1 (xsl:output) is already done in the XSLT 2.0 WD (in fact, it was >> done in >> XSLT 1.1). >> >> I must admit I thought we had changed xsl:message to allow an AVT (4.1) >> and >> was surprised to discover that we hadn't. >> >> I think there will be some resistance from members of the WG to >> changing >> those attributes whose values are QNames of objects defined in the >> stylesheet (mode, template name, use attribute sets). Compiled >> languages >> generally don't keep their symbol tables around at run-time. There's >> also >> the problem of keeping namespace declarations around at run-time (though >> the >> key() function sets a precedent). >> >> It's also hard to think of many languages (COBOL is the only one that >> comes >> to mind) that allow a function or subroutine to be called by supplying >> its >> name as a string. >This is possible in a number of Lisp dialects, but I suppose that doesn't >surprise anyone. I don;t know much about FORTH but I'd expect it might >allow this as well. I believe you can do this in Java as well using the reflection API, though it is somewhat of a pain. Rick XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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