- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:35:08 +0000
- To: Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
- Cc: "C. M. Sperberg-McQueen" <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, Norm Tovey-Walsh <norm@saxonica.com>, ixml <public-ixml@w3.org>
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 22:03, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> wrote: > > > > I'd be happy with empty parens, but then ..... > > I'm not sure if it is clear, but empty parens is perfectly acceptable in > current ixml, if you prefer to use it. > > a: "a"; (). > > is legal ixml, and has the meaning you want. > > Personally, when I want to be explicit, I write > > a: "a"; empty. > -empty: . > > but that's just a question of taste. > > The syntax of parens is that they can contain anything that can appear on > the right-hand side of a rule, i.e that which can appear between the ":" > and the "." of a rule. Tks for the clarification Steven. <myView> KISS principle, have one option - from the given list () seems clearest</myView> regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ.
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