Subject: Re: [xsl] Normalize / Simplify HTML-Tables with row-span / col-span From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:20:40 GMT |
First point: the only way to extend a language in a backwards compatible way is to turn constructs that were errors in 1.0 into features in 2.0. Not necessarily. The extensions could have been compatible with xslt 1 forwards compatibility (that presumably was the intention at the time) However as I have already acknowledged in a followup that crossed with yours, that is probably impossible in general because of the changes in the data model. If you want a processor that imposes the restrictions in the 1.0 spec, you've got plenty to choose from and they aren't going to disappear overnight. I would probably figure it out, but don't you think that it is going to cause confusion if A. Random User googles himself on to http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200402/msg00447.html finds some code that advertises itself as xslt 1.0 when it can't run on any 1.0 system? At the very least, the xslt 2 spec should warn of this (not that A. Random User will read the spec:-) David -- http://www.dcarlisle.demon.co.uk/matthew ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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