- From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:01:16 +0100
- To: DAWG public list <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 11:55:33 +0100, Andy Seaborne wrote: > > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg-comments/2005Aug/0038 > > > Walid Maalej wrote: > > Dear RDF Data Access Working Group Members, > > > > In the last working draft of the 21st. of July 2005, changes have been > done > > concerning the definition of the variable names within a SPARQL query. > > The syntax is specified under > > http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/#rVARNAME . > > I'm wondering if there is any reason not to allow the underscore "_" at > the > > Beginning of a variable name from the grammar point of view. > > This could be very useful for application that build SPARQL queries > > automatically and call the variables like the RDF:ID of the searched > > resource. > > Allowing "_" as the first character of a VARNAME does not affect any > approved tests and does not break the grammar in any way. I have added it. No, but it does break my code. I was using _ as a reserved prefix for internal and temporary variables. It doesnt really matter, I can use something else, but just pointing out that it can have knockon effects. - Steve
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