Subject: Re: [xsl] ceiling(), floor(), and data types From: "Wolfgang Laun wolfgang.laun@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:57:56 -0000 |
It is preferable to have a result that is of the same type as the argument. This avoids the (possibly costly) conversion to xs:integer which may have implementation dependent limitations and loss of precision. Should a certain quality of a number automatically imply a certain datatype? Not all "humans" would concur, I think. Wolfgang On 14 September 2017 at 12:30, Birnbaum, David J djbpitt@xxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear XSL List, > > I was surprised to learn today that ceiling() and floor() do not obligatorily > return a value of type xs:integer. If I've understood correctly that they > necessarily return a value that a human would consider an integer, is > there a reason that other return types are permitted? > > Thanks, > > David
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