Subject: Re: [xsl] Looking for a shorter mapping expression From: Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 05 Dec 2004 10:46:40 +0000 |
>>>>> "Dimtre" == Dimtre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Dimtre> Because, according to the XPath 2.0 spec: "only the last Dimtre> step in a path is allowed to return a sequence of atomic Dimtre> values." Dimtre> http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-path-expressions Dimtre> Even the last E2 in a path expression should evaluate Dimtre> either to a sequence of nodes or a sequence of atomic Dimtre> values, but not a mixture of the two... I find this Dimtre> unreasonably restrictive and wonder why it was decided so. Checking the archives, this was introduced in the most recent XPath draft. previously only nodes were permitted. The extension to atomic values was made at the request of the XQuery people, but I can't find in the subsequent discussion why heterogeneous sequences were ruled out. It's a pain for static type checking, as it doesn't fit neatly into the type hierarchy. -- Colin Paul Adams Preston Lancashire
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