RE: [XQuery] IfExpr should allow an optional else clause

At 06:55 AM 1/27/2004, Kay, Michael wrote:
>(For my own part, I would have much prefered a syntax in which
>expressions were self-closing, e.g.
>
>if (Expr) then Expr [else Expr] fi
>
>But I lost that battle. I don't think it would be a good idea to make
>"else" optional unless we introduce a mandatory closer to remove the
>ambiguity.)

For just this one expression, I agree - but if we went that way, we should 
do the same for other expression types, including FLWOR expressions. 
Working this through...it seemed to make the language more cumbersome.

Jonathan