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Add new selection-declaration alternative: Require annotation of selector variables in placeholders #860

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46 changes: 46 additions & 0 deletions exploration/selection-declaration.md
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Expand Up @@ -182,6 +182,52 @@ Examples:
- Can produce a mismatch between formatting and selection, since the operand's formatting
isn't visible to the selector.

### Require annotation of selector variables in placeholders

In this alternative, the pre-existing validity requirement

> Each _selector_ MUST have an _annotation_,
> or contain a _variable_ that directly or indirectly references a _declaration_ with an _annotation_.

is expanded to also require later uses of a variable that's used as a selector to be annotated:

> In a _complex message_,
> each _placeholder_ _expression_ using the same _operand_ as a _selector_ MUST have an _annotation_,
> or contain a _variable_ that directly or indirectly references a _declaration_ with an _annotation_.

Example invalid message with this alternative:
```
.match {$n :number minimumFractionDigits=2}
* {{Data model error: {$n}}}
```
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Valid, recommended form for the above message:
```
.input {$n :number minimumFractionDigits=2}
.match {$n}
* {{Formats '$n' as a number with fraction digits: {$n}}}
```

Technically valid but not recommended:
```
.input {$n :integer}
.match {$n :number minimumFractionDigits=2}
* {{Formats '$n' as an integer: {$n}}}

.match {$n :number minimumFractionDigits=2}
* {{Formats '$n' as an integer: {$n :integer}}}
```

**Pros**
- No syntax changes required.
- `.local` can be used to solve problems with variations in selection and formatting
- Supports multiple selectors on the same operand
- Avoids mismatches between formatting and selection by requiring their annotation.

**Cons**
- May require the user to annotate the operand for both formatting and selection,
unless they use a declaration.

### Allow both local and input declarative selectors with immutability

In this alternative, we modify the syntax to allow selectors to
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