Subject: Re: XPath 2.0: Conditional Expression (Was Re: [xsl] XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators Version 1.0) From: tcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Trevor Nash) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 17:57:39 GMT |
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 22:44:58 +0100, Mike Kay wrote: >>[snip] > >To save you guessing, the current thinking for the syntax of conditional >expressions is > >if (condition) then expression-1 else expression-2 > Surely a mistake? Current languages have either the 'then' keyword or parentheses, I am not aware of any that have both -- () and 'then' serve the same purpose (to make the language parsable by standard algorithms). As one of the poor souls who already has to use languages from both camps, I would prefer not to have to deal with a third flavour. Regards, Trevor Nash -- Traditional training & distance learning, Consultancy by email Melvaig Software Engineering Limited voice: +44 (0) 1445 771 271 email: tcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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