[Bug 27119] [XQX31] unnecessary nesting in array constructors

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27119

--- Comment #5 from Jim Melton <jim.melton@acm.org> ---
I am not adamant by any means that no changes along the line of Michael Dyck's
suggestion should be made -- for this specific case.  I think that it would be
somewhere between very unwise and meaningless to propose that the entire
philosophy of the XQueryX schema architecture be revised to a wholly minimalist
approach, as that would instantly make XQueryX 3.1 completely incompatible with
XQueryX 3.0.  But I don't think that jmdyck is proposing that we go that far. 

I am inclined to NOT make jmdyck's proposed changes for one reason only: It
requires additional work on my part for no gain at all.  I admit that the
necessary changes would not be large, but would also assert that the schema is
not "broken" as it is and that there would be no benefits to any expected user
of XQueryX to make such a change. 

Please note that I have NOT yet discussed this directly with Michael, because
he's still in the process of finalizing his move from Toronto to Ottawa.  I
would like to have his agreement (or at least his resigned acceptance :P ) to
my inclination before considering this issue fully resolved. 

I thank MSM for his reducto ad absurdum argument, which may or may not help
jmdyck to acquiesce.

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