Re: [xsl] Re: Keeping a running total?

["Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sometime back, I wrote a small writeup about XSLT variables at
http://gandhimukul.tripod.com/facts.html.

Hope it will help to clear your doubts..

Regards,
Mukul

On 7/12/06, Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Forgive me for the tangent, especially if it sounds ignorant, but as a
> newbie to XSL I have a hard time understanding the benefit in not
> being able to redefine a variable.  While I do not doubt the talent
> and genius that went into the above examples and speculations, I can't
> imagine a benefit that outweighs the time economics involved in coming
> up with the above solutions, versus simply doing a $variable =
> $variable - $x and being done with it in 10ish lines.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> -Steve