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Re: ANNOUNCE: Petition to withdraw xsl:script from XSLT 1.1
Jeni Tennison wrote:
>
> Sure, but what about distributing extension functions that do things
> like returning the current date or working out whether a directory
> exists on the file system? Things that can't be done with EXSLT?
>
> Or is your position that such things should only be allowable through
> (community-based or implementer-based) extension functions?
>
In a word, yes.
With or without xsl:script, exslt will succeed or fail as a community
project.
If it succeeds then community standards for other language mappings can
too.
If it fails, but java and javascript are blessed in the spec, then XSLT
will suffer a possibly irreversible blow to its portability, and to the
portability of related technologies.
But hey, please don't feel that I'm trying to place the entire future of
inter-platform processing on your shoulders or anything, Jeni :)
Francis.
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