RE: FW: DN-FO-09: 15.1.11 fn:distinct-values

You are correct; document order is only defined for nodes.  My mistake!
I understand the semantic you desire but there is not a strong usecase
for it.  For most purposes the order-by clause provides the required
function.

All the best, Ashok

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-qt-comments-request@w3.org [mailto:public-qt-comments-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Dimitre Novatchev
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:34 PM
> To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
> Cc: dnovatchev@europe.com
> Subject: Re: FW: DN-FO-09: 15.1.11 fn:distinct-values
> 
> 
> > We have clarified the text to indicate that order of the output
sequence
> if
> > implementation dependent.  We have also changed the wording of the
> example
> > as you suggested.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> >
> > If the user wants the output in a particular order, he can sort the
> values
> > by document order by using $x/. or in any other order by using the
> order-by
> > clause.
> >
> > Please let us know if this is satisfactory.
> 
> Document order is defined for nodes. We may want to preserve the
*sequence
> order*
> between the distinct elements that would be returned.
> 
> The example I gave before:
> 
> I have the following sequence of random numbers:
> 
> 3, 5, 2, 8, 6, 4, 9, 7, 1, 5, 2, 10, 9, 3
> 
> I want to get only the (first occuring) distinct numbers with their
> ordering
> preserved:
> 
> 3, 5, 2, 8, 6, 4, 9, 7, 1, 10
> 
> This could be possible if the distinct-values() function was defined
with
> an
> additional argument "preserve-order" (possibly with default value of
> false).
> 
> 
> fn:distinct-values($srcval as xs:anyAtomicType*,
>                    $preserve-order as xs:boolean? ) as
xs:anyAtomicType*
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev.
> 
> 
> 
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Received on Friday, 25 July 2003 17:45:21 UTC