- From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:56:02 -0500
- To: Kay@dr-nick.w3.org, Michael <Michael.Kay@softwareag.com>
- Cc: public-qt-comments@w3.org
Hi Mike, The XML Query and XSL Working Groups have considered the following comment: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2003Nov/0223.html This is an official response from the Working Groups. We agree that your proposed change would make optimization easier for many implementations, but it would also make position() behave differently for steps than it does for filter expressions. This non-orthogonality is just one more thing that a user needs to remember when using the language, and violates the general approach we have taken to designing the language. Therefore, we have decided not to make this change. Please let us know if this is acceptable to you. Thanks! Jonathan
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