Re: why _p:_ignore-prefixes

/ ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) was heard to say:
| Innovimax SARL writes:
|
|> Because it should be positionned for ad hoc component
|> <my:xslt p:ignore-prefixes="my">
|> ...
|> </my:xslt>
|
| Yeah, I guessed something like that, but since 
|
|  a) I'm opposed to user-defined compound steps in v.1 and

You can be opposed to it until the cows come home, implementors will
do what their customers request.

|  b) it makes no sense on atomic steps

That's not quite true. The following is an error:

  <p:xslt>
    <p:input .../>
    <db:para>This is documentation</db:para>
  </p:xslt>

The following is not:

  <p:xslt p:ignore-prefixes="db">
    <p:input .../>
    <db:para>This is documentation</db:para>
  </p:xslt>

| I think the confusion it will engender is much greater than any
| possible benefit.

Perhaps.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman Walsh
XML Standards Architect
Sun Microsystems, Inc.