Re: Help: use-when and p:episode

"Toman_Vojtech@emc.com" <Toman_Vojtech@emc.com> writes:

> I now actually think that in its present form, use-when is
> underspecified. A the moment, the spec says that use-when "must contain
> an XPath expression that can be evaluated statically". But what does
> that really mean? How does that affect XPath extension functions like
> p:step-available(), p:value-available() etc.?

It means that the expression cannot make any reference to the context
node, position, or size.

> For instance, does p:step-available() in use-when see only standard
> XProc steps, or also other nested or imported steps? What about cases
> like this:
>
> <p:declare-step type="ex:step1"
>                 use-when="p:step-available('ex:step2')">
>   ...
> </p:declare-step>
>
> <p:declare-step type="ex:step2"
>                 use-when="p:step-available('ex:step1')">
>   ...
> </p:declare-step>
>
> Personally, I think we will have to be more specific about what you can
> do in use-when, and what limitations are there if you use the XPath
> extension functions in use-when expressions.

Hmm. Yes. I'll have to think about that one.

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                                          norm

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