> If it's a global variable in a module intended for reuse, I would say
> that you should certainly do this.

On the other side, using global variables (extensively) may not
probably be a best practice in any programming language and especially
so in a functional programming language.


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On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Colin Paul Adams
<colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> "JamesXslt" == JamesXslt Smith <jamesxsltsmith@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>    JamesXslt> Hi, Wondering if qualifying variable names in XSLT 2.0
>    JamesXslt> is a good idea as in:
>
>    JamesXslt> <xsl:variable name="a:x">...</xsl:variable>
>
>    JamesXslt> where the prefix a is bound to a namespace URI.
>
> If it's a global variable in a module intended for reuse, I would say
> that you should certainly do this.
> --
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire