RE: [xml-dev] The use of XML syntax in XML Query

• From: Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
• Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:00:46 -0000
• To: "'Jonathan Robie'" <jonathan.robie@softwareag.com>, "'David Carlisle'" <davidc@nag.co.uk>
• Cc: <www-xml-query-comments@w3.org>, <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
• Message-ID: <000b01c19480$93365220$465169d5@pcukmka>

> But the XML syntax for element constructors is not at all
> confusing unless
> the query is embedded in an XML document.

It's going to become very confusing when users try to generate something
like

  if (<a>2</a> < <b>3</b>)

using tools that normally expect to output XML!

Mike Kay

Received on Thursday, 3 January 2002 13:01:46 UTC