RE: Functions from Kay, Michael on 2002-12-18 (public-qt-comments@w3.org from December 2002)

From: Kay, Michael <Michael.Kay@softwareag.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:57:19 +0100
To: Eddie McGreal <emcgreal@BlackPearl.com>, "'public-qt-comments@w3.org'" <public-qt-comments@w3.org>
Message-ID: <DFF2AC9E3583D511A21F0008C7E621060453DEE6@daemsg02.software-ag.de>

Thanks: we're working on specifications for "modules" at the moment, one of
the main aims is to support such function libraries.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eddie McGreal [mailto:emcgreal@BlackPearl.com] 
> Sent: 18 December 2002 17:50
> To: 'public-qt-comments@w3.org'
> Subject: Functions
> 
> 
> 
> The current spec only allows functions to be either built in 
> or defined in the query in which they are used. I think it 
> would be very useful to allow functions to be imported just 
> like schemas are imported. This would allow authors to create 
> a library of functions and include them in their query 
> without the need to duplicate them or make the global (or built-in)
> 
> How about?
> ImportFunctions    ::=   <"import" "functions" "at"> StringLiteral
> 
> Regards,
> Eddie 
>

Received on Wednesday, 18 December 2002 17:57:30 UTC