Re: [xsl] XQuery/XPath 3.1: Node List to Node Set ("distinct nodes")

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

On Wed, 2021-12-29 at 18:34 +0000, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> As Dimitre says, ($n except $a) where $n is a singleton isn't
> immediately intuitive - but intuition takes practice!

I'd be tempted to write,

 function($found-so-far, $new) {
    (
      $found-so-far,
      if (some $try in $found-so-far satisfies $try is $new)
      then ()
      else $new
    )
  }

mostly because a year from now i'll likely still understand it :)

Liam


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