[Bug 2259] [xqueryx] xqx:constructorFunctionExpr

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2259


jim.melton@acm.org changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED




------- Additional Comments From jim.melton@acm.org  2005-09-20 10:05 -------
Thanks for your report and discussion.  As you infer,
xwx:constructorFunctionExpr is syntactically equivalent to a one-argument
xqx:functionCallExpr.  Semantically, it is slightly different, at least in the
correspondence to XQuery expressions.  Constructors there are function-like in
appearance, but behave more like casts. 

We will discuss your suggestion (that xqx:constructorFunctionExpr is unnecessary
and can be replaced with xqx:functionCallExpr).  In all frankness, I personally
feel that the semantic distinction (even if only mental) justifies having two
different elements.

Received on Tuesday, 20 September 2005 10:05:23 UTC