Re: [xsl] Top-level Variables and Parameters (XSLT 1.0 spec, section 11.4)

[Michael Ludwig <mlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Kay schrieb:

> > Does the statement defining an error condition apply to both
> > xsl:variable and xsl:param or only to xsl:variable?
>
> It's intended to apply to both. I agree it could be clearer.

Thanks.

> The rule in 2.0 is:
>
> [ERR XTSE0630] It is a static error if a stylesheet contains more than
> one binding of a global variable with the same name and same import
> precedence, unless it also contains another binding with the same name
> and higher import precedence.
>
> which relates to the definitions earlier:
>
> [Definition: A top-level variable-binding element declares a *global
> variable* that is visible everywhere (except where it is shadowed by
> another binding).]
>
> [Definition: The two elements xsl:variable and xsl:param are referred
> to as *variable-binding elements* ].

That's definitely clearer than in 1.0.

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Michael Ludwig