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- From: "DuCharme, Robert" <Robert.DuCharme@moodys.com>
- To: xml-dev@xml.org
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:58:04 -0400
>To me, the variables inside XSL is not like what they are called. Once
>they are defined, the value seems can't be changed somehow.
XSL variables do act more like constants in procedural languages than like
variables. I believe that this comes from the Scheme heritage via XSL's
predecessor DSSSL.
>If I want a global variable whose value can't be decided at the time it is
>defined. Only when a template is processed can the value be got. Is there
>any method to keep a value got from within one template to be used
>in another template?
xsl:parameter may fit this requirement. See
http://freespace.virgin.net/b.pawson/xsl/N8090.html#N12432 in the XSL FAQ
for more on the mutability of variables and parameters.
Bob DuCharme www.snee.com/bob <bob@
snee.com> "The elements be kind to thee, and make thy
spirits all of comfort!" Anthony and Cleopatra, III ii
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