Re: Variable and option binding proposal

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Norman Walsh writes:

> |  p:variable*,
> |   (p:for-each|p:viewport|p:choose|p:group|p:try|
> |    p:standard-step|pfx:user-pipeline |p:documentation|p:pipeinfo)*
>
> I don't think that's a necessary restriction. There's no reason why I
> shouldn't be able to initialize two or three variables right before
> the p:choose that needs them.

Hmm.  I guess.  Given that I think we definitely should _evaluate_
them all at the beginning, I thought it was simpler to _put_ them all
at the beginning. . .

> | 2) Environment.  We need to put bindings back into the environment, see
> |    2.5 [2] in the new alternate draft.
>
> Why no mention of options in 2.5?

Because there are no option bindings at the beginning of any
containers any more.

> In 5.7.1, doesn't
>
> ...for the enclosing container, with the addition of bindings for all
> p:variable elements which precede this p:variable within its surrounding...
>
> have to read
>
> ...for the enclosing container, with the addition of bindings for all
> p:option and p:variable elements which precede this p:variable within
> its surrounding...
>
> and similarly for p:option?

No, because as pointed out above, there _are_ no p:options at the
beginning of containers anymore.

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