Re: [DTB] What is a dialect?

> 
>>>> The problem is easily solved for isLiteral(Not)OfType, once we define
>>>> how types are represented (the second argument in the domain is
>>>> restricted to the set of data types, i.e., all datatypes that have
>>>> existed, currently exist, and will exist in the world), and it
>>>> becomes a
>>>> nonissue if we adopt my proposal [1] and revert back to individual
>>>> guard
>>>> predicates.
>>> Uff. Please not! Sigh. ;-)
>>
>> What do you propose then? 
> 
> would dialect-tags per document work?

This would mean that a dialect can never be a syntactical extension of
another dialect.  Therefore this option would probably be a nonstarter
for many people.
In addition, I think is complete overkill for resolving such a
relatively minor issue.

> going back to guards and dropping isLiteralOFType looks like a step back
> to me.

Well, it looks like a step forward to me :-)

Jos