[closed] Re: Default bindings for non-primary inputs

/ Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> was heard to say:
| This is legal:
|
|   <p:xslt>
|     <p:input port='stylesheet'>
|       <p:document href="someURI"/>
|     </p:input>
|   </p:xslt>
|
| The primary input 'source' will automatically be bound to the default
| readable port. The primary output 'result' will presumably get bound
| too.
|
| This is not legal:
|
| <p:xslt/>
|
| It's not legal because there's no binding for the 'stylesheet' input
| and the stylesheet input isn't a primary input.
|
| This is legal:
|
|   <p:xslt>
|     <p:input port='stylesheet'/>
|   </p:xslt>
|
| The stylesheet port is now named but no binding is provided. In this
| case, the port will automatically get bound to the default readable
| port.
|
| I think I used to think that providing default bindings for that last
| case was easy to understand. Now I'm not so sure.
|
| Would it be simpler to just say that non-primary inputs must always
| have explicit bindings?

Yes.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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