RE: [F&O, May 2] : error in definition of deep-equal

> And finally, because namespace nodes cannot be selected or 
> constructed alone by any XQuery expression, and because the 
> recursive deep-equal definition for element skips namespace 
> nodes, why are they included in the list ("If the two nodes 
> are ... namespace nodes...")?  Just in case?

Yes: just in case the function is used in an expression with an XPath 2.0
implementation that exposes the namespace axis.

Thanks for the other suggestions, which all seem to make sense on first
reading.

Michael Kay

Received on Monday, 2 June 2003 10:59:01 UTC