Re: Context for p:option

/ ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) was heard to say:
| Norman Walsh writes:
|
|> For p:input (and its friends: p:iteration-source, etc.) if there's
|> no explicit binding, the binding is made to the default readable port.
|> Jeni pointed out, I think correctly, that users will expect a select
|> expression on p:option to also be bound to the default readable port
|> by default.
|>
|> Anyone disagree?
|
| Not strongly, but I think what people will _really_ expect is that it
| will be bound to the primary input of the step by default.  As long as
| that input defaults, this makes no difference, but I think users will
| be surprised if they write
|
|  <p:pipeline name="top">
|   <p:input port="stylesheet"/>
|   . . .
|   <p:customize>
|    <p:input port="primary">
|     <p:pipe step="top" port="stylesheet"/>
|    </p:input>
|    <p:option name="version" select="/xsl:stylesheet/@version"/>
|    . . .
|
| and it doesn't work.

Indeed.

| Unfortunately, we still don't have a notion of primary input, do we?

No, we don't. I think adding the concept of "primary input" distinct
From "default readable port" is likely to be quite confusing so I'd
rather not do it.

On the basis of this example, I think I'd prefer to say that the
context for p:option is undefined if there's no explicit binding.
Which was my original position before Jeni persuaded me otherwise.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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