Re: [FO31] map:entry superfluous?

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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=30024

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Many thanks for taking the time to comment on the specification.

Michael Kay
Saxonica
for the XSL and XQuery Working Groups


> On 30 Nov 2016, at 14:38, Thomas Fischer <fischer.th@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> the documentation for map:entry <https://www.w3.org/XML/Group/qtspecs/specifications/xpath-functions-31/html/#func-map-entry> says:
> 
> Unlike the map expression (map{...}), this technique can be used to construct a map with a variable number of entries, for example:
>     map:merge(for $b in //book return map:entry($b/isbn, $b))
> 
> At least with Saxon-HE 9.7.0.8J you can achieve the same result with a simple map constructor
>     map:merge(for $b in //book return map{$b/isbn: $b})
> 
> I wonder, if this is just a "special feature" of Saxon or if there is any other reason to keep map:entry in the proposal
> 
> salute
> Th. Fischer
>