On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Jeff Robertson wrote:
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:33:03 -0500 > From: Jeff Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL] EL Transition to Jakarta Commons > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I'd like to resume discussion on a proposal circulated by James > > Strachan on March 13, 2002, about turning the implementation of JSTL's > > expression language (EL) into a reusable component and moving it from > > the Standard Taglib, an implementation of JSTL hosted by > > jakarta-taglibs, to jakarta-commons, in order to make it available to > > a larger number of projects. > > > > Was there discussion of how Jexl would fit into this scheme? > The "standard" version of the EL would be constrained to implement what the JSP 2.0 spec says the semantics are, and would ultimately count Tomcat, the standard taglib (basis for the JSTL reference implementation), and most likely the JavaServer Faces reference implementation. JEXL would not have such a semantic constraint, and indeed AFAIK implements some things differently. The Commons charter explicitly allows having libraries with overlapping functionality if it makes sense, as it would appear to here. Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
