& XSLT > >>>> "John" == John L Clark <jlc6@[...].edu> writes:

    John>  On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 09:16:08PM -0700, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
    > > I agree.  Colin does raise an important point, but I think the
    > > only really sane thing to do is to make the matching
    > > implementation specific.  Yeah, this isn't the best for
    > > compatibility, but I think there's not really much to be done
    > > about it.

    John>  I've added statements to the specification to this effect.
    John>  I've attached the new draft and its HTML view to this email,
    John>  for your ongoing review.

    John>  With respect to compatibility, I think it's acceptable to
    John>  advise users who are interested in portability that they
    John>  should craft the function call carefully on case-insensitive
    John>  systems.  For example, they can choose to use
    John>  `system-property("env:HOME")` instead of
    John>  `system-property("env:Home")`, even if both might work on a
    John>  particular system.  Of course, this requires them to be
    John>  aware of the nuances on their system and on other possible
    John>  target systems, but I don't think there's any way for us to
    John>  help relieve that.

Whatever happened to this? The system module still does not appear to
have been published.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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