Subject: Re: [xsl] Returning item type of variable (problems with maps) From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:21:38 -0700 |
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes - but the challenge is to find out that a map is an instance of map(xs:string, element(emp)) or whatever, if you want to know what kind of map you have been given. Yes, we only have function-lookup() which uses the function name and arity -- not the exact signature. And anyway, it is to be used in "pull style" not in "push style". I gather that function-lookup() cannot be used for maps, although a map is a function. Is this right? Or probably there are new things coming in XPath 3.1? -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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