[Bug 3201] fn:id not subject to compatibility - an oversight?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3201





------- Comment #3 from david_marston@us.ibm.com  2006-05-11 10:44 -------
I'm not satisfied with the resolution. Even in the F&O document, there is no
mention in 15.5.2 (in the CR), only in a non-normative appendix. But I was
hoping for a note in the XPath document, definitely in Appendix I and maybe
also in 3.1.5, which is where I realized the incompatibility. For example, the
note in 3.1.5 could be:
NOTE: When an argument signature is disqualified from 1.0 compatibility rules
for any reason (e.g., different occurrence indicator), the argument is
disqualified for all compatibility conversion (e.g., type conversion).

My concern is that I was looking at XPath in a frame of mind where I was
thinking about casting boolean to string, but the answer came from an
orthogonal concern. If the specs don't point it out, then they are more
vulnerable to critics saying there are traps and gotchas in there.

Received on Thursday, 11 May 2006 10:44:38 UTC