216291 - resolve variables and params at parse time

Status: NEW

(Core :: XSLT, defect)

Description

[Axel Hecht]

All but top-level variables can be resolved at parse time, and IMHO, we should
do that. This might make it easier to fix the "don't have var refs in ..." 
bug 134013. I bet it'd be perf, too.

Comment 1

[Dave Me]

Hello,

First time using bugzilla. :) good stuff.

The XSLT engine of all mozilla browsers does not parse non-dtd variables.  so
for me:
...
<!ENTITY chapter1 SYSTEM url="chapter1.xml">]>

goes unresoved when I call it with:

&chapter1;

In an organized xml main document.  I was surprised by the fact that IE could do
it but Mozilla, which has always been technically superior to IE, wasn't able to.

These are my comments. :) best.