Re: Further thoughts on delimiter choices

c.f. this note:

https://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-31/#id-map-constructors

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On 18 Jan 2022, 16:35 +0000, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>, wrote:
>
> Steven Pemberton writes:
>
> > On Tuesday 18 January 2022 14:51:52 (+01:00), Norm Tovey-Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl> writes:
> > > > You can already add colons to names without changing anything else. It
> > > > doesn't make the language ambiguous.
> > > >
> > > > I just tried it by adding colon to namefollower, and then parsing:
> > > >
> > > > abc:thing: abc:thing1, abc:thing2, abc:thing3;
> > > > abc:thing3, abc:thing2, abc:thing1.
> > > > abc:thing1: "a".
> > > > abc:thing2: "b".
> > > > abc:thing3: "c".
> > >
> > > Now try
> > >
> > > abc:thing:thing1: abc:thing2
> > Done.
> >
> > abc:def:ing: abc:def:thing1, abc:def:thing2, abc:def:thing3;
> > abc:def:thing3, abc:def:thing2, abc:def:thing1.
> > abc:def:thing1: "a".
> > abc:def:thing2: "b".
> > abc:def:thing3: "c".
>
> I think
>
> a:b:c.
>
> is a simpler example. Is this equivalent to
>
> a = b:c.
>
> or to
>
> a:b = c.
>
> ?
>
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