Re: [xsl] W3C Specification of fn:filter() -- is this a bug in the document or in Saxon?

["Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 00:32 +0000, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Sadly, I am unable to research an answer to historical questions,
> because I no longer have member access to W3C's archives.
Nor i...

> 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.
+1 - there's two parts to it: writing the example and, as you point
out, reviewing it.

For those who weren't there - towards the end of the work, five people
at a face to face meeting was considered good attendance.

> Frankly, if this is the biggest problem that people can find, then we
> did a remarkably good job.

:-) :-)

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