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On Friday 31 October 2003 15:55, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, peter reilly <peter.reilly@corvil.com> wrote:
> > No, it matters if the attributes in macrodef are implemented as
> > properties or if they are implemented as textual subsitutions.
>
> OK, but then this becomes the question to decide and not whether we
> need <local> in 1.6, right?
Yes
>
> > If they are textual substituations, the local properties will not
> > work too good.
> >
> >[SNIP]
> >
> > In this case, I think that Dominique's critik of ${} for textual
> > attribute substitution is correct.
>
> I agree.
>
> > However any alternative notation has difficulities.
>
> If they are properties, we don't need an alternative.  What are the
> difficulties you expect when they are not properties?

Only the choice of the notation.

Peter


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