RE: DN-FO-14: 15.2.1 fn:deep-equal

> > Suggested solution:
> > 	Replace the above excerpt with:
> > 
> > 	"If either node has attributes, and if either node has 
> > an attribute
> >        that is not deep-equal to any attribute of the other 
> > node, using
> >        the selected collation, then the result is false."
> > 
> > Dimitre Novatchev.
> >
> 
> Actually I think your reformulation suffers the same ambiguity as the
> original: it's not clear whether it means "A has an attribute that is (not
> deep-equal) to some attribute of B" or "A has an attribute that is not
> (deep-equal to some attribute of B)".
> 
> I think we need to get pedantic:
> 
> "If either node has attributes, and if either node has an attribute A such
> that the other node does not have an attribute that is deep-equal to A,
> using the selected collation, then the result is false."
> 
> The initial "If either node has attributes, and" is of course redundant.


Thank you. This is what I really meant.

Dimitre Novatchev.

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Received on Tuesday, 24 June 2003 05:46:36 UTC