- From: Stephen Buxton <Stephen.Buxton@oracle.com>
- Date: 17 Feb 04 10:32:47
- To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
- Cc:
SECTION 17.1: casting from primitive types to primitive types I have heard it said that xdt:dayTimeDuration and xdt:yearMonthDuration are to be treated as if they were primitive types. The fact that they are listed in this section seems to put them on a par with the primitive types, but you don't actually say so. If this is the intention, it would be better to adopt some other term than "primitive". Lincoln once asked, how many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? Answer: four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. Just the same, calling a derived type a primitive type just shows that there is sone confusion about the distinction between the two categories. My thesaurus gives the following synonyms for primitive that you might consider: basic, elementary, primary. - Steve B.
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