https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26585 C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com --- Comment #10 from C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com> --- On the joint call of 25 November I took an action to try to work out a simple use case for the fn:apply() function requested by the OP, as sketched by Michael Kay in [1] and as commented on by John Snelson in [2]. [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xsl-query/2014Nov/0019.html [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xsl-query/2014Nov/0026.html I have posted the results separately to the public QT comments list [3], to avoid overburdening a Bugzilla comment. [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qt-comments/2014Nov/0115.html In that mail, I provide examples of the use of fn:apply() as sketched in [1] for currying functions, for composing functions, and for use in meta-circular interpreters. The bottom line is that while I agree with Michael Kay and John Snelson that variable-arity functions would be handy, and would make fn:apply() more useful and convenient, I believe that it's useful enough to be included in the spec even without variable-arity functions. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug.Received on Saturday, 29 November 2014 02:27:55 UTC
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