- From: Seaborne, Andy <andy.seaborne@hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:41:20 +0000
- To: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- CC: public-rdf-dawg@w3.org
Steve Harris wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:14:22 +0000, Andy Seaborne wrote: > >>>I would be in favour of allowing stuff like "1" + "2" = 3, it fits with >>>how people really use RDF in my opinion. >> >>On the other hand: >>"1" + "2" = "12" > > > As far as I remember we dont have a + operator that takes two strings and > concatentates them, and if we do, I want my money back ;) No ... I have had requests for more string manipulation functions ... so "not yet" Actually, + isn't the best example: FILTER(?x < 3) is a better example where an expectation might be force ?x to integer (c.f. RDQL!) But then you get the RDQL problems: What about: "01" = 1 ? > > - Steve > Just possible different expectations : overloading + vs forcing string everywhere. Andy
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