Michael Bedward wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> 
>> Looks like it would. Can we name it "enviroment", "env" or
>> something like that?
> 
> Anything you like - you choose :)
> 
>> I would like to make the renderer aware
>> of the function and stick into the enviroment some well
>> known variables, such as the current scale denominator,
>> the paint area, the current layer name and whatnot.
> 
> Sounds good.
> 
>> Ah, reading the SE 1.1 spec, page 38 (page 46 of the pdf):
>>
>> The value of the fallbackValue attribute is used as a default value, if the
>> SE implementation does not support the function. If the implementation
>> supports the function, then the result value is determined by executing the
>> function
>>
>> So using fallback as the default value would be improper usage,
>> as we do support the function
> 
> Ah, OK.  But for the sort of uses that you've described and Nenad was
> enquiring about this wouldn't be a problem would it ?

Well, technically you're right, but in practice we would be misusing
a facility that is designed for something else. I'd rather not introduce
inconsistencies, especially since I hope that one day or the other
well actually support SE 1.1

What do others think?

Cheers
Andrea

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