Subject: Re: [xsl] W3C Specification of fn:filter() -- is this a bug in the document or in Saxon? From: "Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:00:54 -0000 |
Because we are discussing "quality of work" in this thread (among other things), here is a question: Can anyone provide new tests to be added to the test suites? If so, how to do this? Where is this described? Thanks, Dimitre On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 5:31 PM Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 12 Sep 2019, at 00:04, Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2019-09-11 at 22:03 +0000, Dimitre Novatchev > dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Why on > earth did they provide **this** implementation and not something > better > > > Two plausible reasons - the person who wrote it did so before some of > the other XPath 3 features had settled down or been agreed upon, or, > they simply didnt attach much importance to it. > > > Sadly, I am unable to research an answer to historical questions, because > I no longer have member access to W3C's archives. > > The likely reason, though, will be a negative: the spec is the way it is > because no-one (either within or outwith the WG) saw a problem with it. > > In my years of doing standards work I was always impressed by the quality > of scrutiny that proposals were subjected to. It's far higher than the > level I have ever experienced with internal product specifications in any > company I have worked for. Sometimes, indeed, it could be frustrating that > we spent entire meetings discussing arcane edge cases. The quest for > perfection results in incredibly slow progress getting specs completed. But > the process is not perfect, and the resulting specifications are not > perfect either. The main reason for that is simply resources: the longer a > standards group carries on, the harder it becomes to persuade people to > commit their time to it. > > Frankly, if this is the biggest problem that people can find, then we did > a remarkably good job. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/782854> (by > email <>) > -- 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? :) ------------------------------------- Sanity is madness put to good use. ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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