Re: More XSL Discussion

[Sean Mc Grath <digitome@xxxxxx>]

At 15:10 25/02/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Paul Prescod writes:
> > Sean Mc Grath wrote:
> > > 
> > > I contend it is XSL. There is nothing in the spec. that I can
> > > see that says "you must have a flow object". Quite right too
> > > IMHO.
> > 
> > That's because the spec. is not finished. Just as it prohibits global
> > variables it will also prohibit side effects (println()) for many of the
> > same reasons. A single construction rule could be executed over and over
> > again in a conformant XSL implementation. Your println() will then print
> > your report text many times when you only want it printed once.

Eh? I *want* that rule to trigger over an over again. I want the
text of each title occuring in a sect1 element under a chapter element!




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