[Laszlo-dev] validate warning inside binary libraries

[Sarah Allen]

Thank you Tcuker.  That is exactly the issue.

P T Withington wrote:
> I would have believed that a while ago, but have been informed that 
> our model of libraries is apparently that they are textually included 
> (unless they already have been) and that top-level elements in the 
> library apply to the including element (typically the canvas).  So, 
> 'library attributes' are really 'canvas attributes'.
>
> So, it is an error for more than one library to declare the validate 
> attribute (binary or not).
>
> [cc-ing Sarah]
>
> But I believe Sarah's complaint is that she has one library with 
> validate declared, which is included many times, and that she does not 
> get a warning, unless the library is binary-compiled.
>
> On 2007-08-16, at 16:36 EDT, Philip Romanik wrote:
>
>> Hi Tucker,
>>
>> If you have two binary libraries, each one that sets the 'validate' 
>> attribute, you will get a warning when the libraries are included by 
>> the canvas. It seems to me that the validate attribute should be 
>> local to a binary library and not apply to the canvas. Do you agree?
>>
>> If you don't agree, here is a scenario to consider. A binary library 
>> has the line,
>>
>>     <attribute name="validate" value="false"/>
>>
>> in it. When this library is included by the canvas, validation is 
>> turned off for the canvas as well.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
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