[Bug 2535] One empty sequence is deep-equal to another, but they are not =

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2535





------- Additional Comments From mrys@microsoft.com  2005-11-18 19:24 -------
= is defined using existential quantification since XPath 1.0. Redefining the 
meaning of () = () to be true would break this so I don't think this change 
request can be accommodated (and I certainly am against this change now). 

We had long discussions on whether to remove the quantification semantics from 
= early on (when you were able to participate), but the backwards-
compatibility argument won out.

Best regards
Michael (expressing my personal opinion)

Received on Friday, 18 November 2005 19:25:09 UTC