> What I'm saying is that at run-time, there is no difference between
> evaluating
>
> <xsl:variable name="y" select="2"/>
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="$y+2"/>
>
> and
>
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="2"/>
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="$x+2"/>
>
> The second variable can't be evaluated until after the first one is
> evaluated in either of these cases; allowing the two variables to have
> the same name makes no difference to the constraints on order of
> evaluation.
>

How would one know that "this x" is not "that x" -- imagine that within a
hundred or so siblings...

This is a nightmare for understanding, debugging and maintenance.

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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL




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