Re: a comment on p:declare-step and p:pipeline

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Vasil Rangelov <boen.robot@gmail.com> wrote:
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>  The last time that one was raised, the WG decided to keep p:declare-step. I don't remember the exact reason.
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>  But I'm with you on this one. Using p:step seems more natural. I can't imagine if XSLT had xsl:declare-function or xsl:declare-template.

MohamedZ is reminding me of a few things;

a) syntax change is one thing e.g. s/declare-step/step/g

versus

b) declaration of a step

I guess I was implying that a p:step element under a p:library would
be a declaration (telling the defaulting story and providing
functional signature), whilst p:step outside of a p:library would
always be an instantiation of a step.

things once again get messed up when we replace p:pipeline with p:step
... but I do not think so too much; perhaps we add a new step under
standard library called

<p:step type="pipeline">....</p:step>

which provides a standard defaulting story for all pipelines ;)

will need a bit more time to think through.

cheers, Jim Fuller

Received on Thursday, 1 May 2008 21:30:39 UTC