Re: [xsl] Initializing global variables

[Zack Brown <zbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 01:11:26PM +0100, Michael Kay wrote:
> > 
> > I understand that the value of a variable cannot be modified 
> > once it has been assigned, but is it possible to allocate a 
> > global variable at the start of a stylesheet and then assign 
> > it a value at a later time, such as within a named template?
> > 
> No, it isn't possible.
> 
> You need to stop thinking sequentially. There is no such thing as "a
> later time" in XSLT.

And that's one reason xslt processors can run so fast. I was really
impressed by that decision, though it's caused me some grief.

> 
> Michael Kay
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