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--- Comment #8 from Mark Thomas ---
It has been a long time comping but the move to Eclipse and Jakarta EE means I
can now propose changes to the JSP spec to address this.
Given the circumstances, the proposed changes are very modest and aim t
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--- Comment #4 from Mark Thomas ---
(In reply to Konstantin Kolinko from comment #3)
> Re: r1594715
>
> I think this report is invalid.
I'm leaning towards that conclusion.
> For 2.,3. declaration of variables is illustrated in ch.JSP.
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--- Comment #7 from Remy Maucherat ---
I also think this is invalid, although I am not the biggest expert on JSPs.
The Javadoc for scopes says:
/**
* Scope information that scripting variable is visible only within the
* star
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Mark Thomas changed:
What|Removed |Added
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|---
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--- Comment #6 from ad...@moparisthebest.com ---
I also tend to agree that declaring the variable once at the beginning
*probably* isn't the right solution, however I think the way this is currently
handled is still wrong.
Right now the var
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--- Comment #2 from Mark Thomas ---
This has been fixed in 8.0.x for 8.0.7 onwards. Given the history of
instability around changes in the this area I plan to give folks a chance to
test and review this fix in 8.0.x before I back-port it to
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--- Comment #3 from Konstantin Kolinko ---
Re: r1594715
I think this report is invalid.
In JSP specification (JSP2.3MR.pdf) there are three occurrences where an action
defines a variable:
1. A action (chapter JSP.5.1)
2. A custom action
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--- Comment #1 from Konstantin Kolinko ---
Do you expect a variable to be declared each time when
VariableInfo.getDeclare() returns true?
When JSP java code is generated the java scriptlets are treated as opaque. One
does not analyze what c
