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RE: [F&O] IBM-FO-041: Irrelevant text in description of fn:sum

From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:56:43 -0000
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(IBM-FO-041): Section 15.3.5 (fn:sum): Second paragraph says that "The items
in the resulting sequence may be reordered in an arbitrary order." I don't
think this is relevant to the fn:sum function. 

--Don Chamberlin

 

It is relevant because the sum of a sequence is not necessarily the same as
the sum of a permutation of that sequence, given that type promotion and
underflow conditions may occur as you proceed.

 

Michael Kay
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