[XML-SIG] Re: [4suite] 4xslt: bug and patch: variable import order

[Uche Ogbuji]

Dieter Maurer wrote:
> 
> The XSLT spec specifies that definitions and template rules
> in an importing stylesheet take precedence over those from
> an imported stylesheet. This is essential for easy customization
> of imported stylesheets.
> 
> "4xslt" implements this feature only partially:
> 
>    Top level variables in an importing stylesheet do not
>    take precedence over imported ones.
> 
> The attached patch hopefully fixes the problem.
> It ensures that variables in importing style sheets
> take precedence over those defined in imported style sheets
> and that all style sheets use the same top level variables.

Note: my fix was quite different.  I hadn't applied this patch because I
knew the problem was more fundamental.

Thanks, though.


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