- From: Michael Kay <mhk@mhk.me.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:05:52 -0000
- To: "'Probst, Martin'" <martin.probst@sap.com>, <www-ql@w3.org>
Atomization is part of the function calling mechanism. If you supply nodes
to a function that expects atomic values, the nodes get atomized.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-ql-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ql-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Probst, Martin
> Sent: 09 February 2005 16:22
> To: www-ql@w3.org
> Subject: Use of fn:distinct-values
>
>
> Hi,
> there seems to be somthing wrong with several usecases:
> fn:distinct-values is used on node sequences like in R/Q13:
> > "distinct-values(doc("bids.xml")//userid)"
>
> Though the spec (XQ Function and Operators and Formal Semantics) says:
> > fn:distinct-values($arg as xdt:anyAtomicType*) as xdt:anyAtomicType*
>
> What is the desired behaviour? Should fn:distinct-values operate on
> xqdm:Items (and by that on nodes)? Should it apply atomization on it's
> input? Or should it (as in the spec by now, though not
> explicitly) throw
> a typing error?
>
> Regards,
> Martin Probst
>
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