- From: Kay, Michael <Michael.Kay@softwareag.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:09:24 +0100
- To: "'DPawson@rnib.org.uk'" <DPawson@rnib.org.uk>, xsl-editors@w3.org
> Issue (user-functions-vs-vendor-functions): Should > user-defined functions > override vendor-defined functions of the same name, as > specified here, or > should it be the other way around? > > I would support a 'end user wins' approach, i.e. the > stylesheet authors code > overrides > the vendor code. > > Rationale the same as with CSS stylesheets. Application proposes, user > disposes, to use the WAI phrasing. > I think the counter-example that was put forward was where the stylesheet imports a third-party library such as exslt:math, where the vendor has inbuilt implementations of some of those functions. On the whole I agree with you that it's better the end-user function should win. But we may want to permit a vendor-defined mechanism that allows users to control the precedence. Just a thought. Mike Kay
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