[closed] Re: Change p:system-property to return untyped atomic

Overtaken by events, there's now a p:version-available function.

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:
> Folks,
>
> I propose that we change the signature of p:system-property() so that
> it returns an untyped atomic in an XPath 2.0 processor.
>
> Otherwise, "p:system-property('p:version') > 1.0" returns a type error
> (you can't compare a string to a decimal).

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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