[exslt] Re: [xsl] [exsl] EXSLT 1.0 - Common, Sets and Math (fwd)

[Uche Ogbuji]

Wretchedly trying to catch up with xsl-list...

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From: Jeni Tennison <mail at jenitennison.com>
To: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji at fourthought.com>
CC: xsl-list at lists.mulberrytech.com
Subject: Re: [xsl] [exsl] EXSLT 1.0 - Common, Sets and Math

> Maybe there should be a dyn:foo set of functions involving dynamic
> programming. dyn:evaluate would be an obvious anchor; another idea
> could be a function (dyn:vars?) that returns all names of variables
> currently in scope in node set form. And so on through the usual set
> of metaprogramming tricks.
>
> Some would choose not to implement the dyn module because of
> performance worries: fair enough.

I think that sounds like a really good idea. Can you come up with a
list of the 'usual set of metaprogramming tricks' that it should
include? If you give a basic list, I'll try to work them up into
another document.

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Is this a discussion we should move to the exslt list?  I still have ideas 
about a dynamic programming module.  Should we wait until we've announced this 
effort and other can join in the discussion?


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