RE: Re: [exslt] Re: Importing compiled styleshee

> A compiled module will need to be defined as something more closed. It
> may be a collection of many compiled stylesheets. What is important is
> its property that it doesn't use/know about global objects that exist
> outside this module (such as global variables, keys, etc). The only
> way to pass information to this module is by using parameters.


And this affects the decision whether to add an attribute to xsl:include or
to use a new top-level element. If an attribute is added to xsl:include, the
semantics must be identical to xsl:include - loading the precompiled code is
then merely an optimization.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/