QT4CG meeting 172 draft minutes, 14 July 2026

Apologies for the slightly tardy agenda:

  https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/07-14.html

QT4 CG Meeting 172 Agenda 2026-07-14

   [1]Agenda index / [2]QT4CG.org / [3]Dashboard / [4]GH Issues / [5]GH
   Pull Requests

Agenda

   This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST,
   11:00EDT).

   See the [6]meeting logistics page for more details.

1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meetings

   Minutes of [7]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 14 July 2026.

   The next meeting is planned for 21 July.

1.5. Review of open action items [0/10]

     * [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract
       formal equivalences into tests
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-01: DB to write a PR for #2641, comments in CSV
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-02: MK to make a PR for #2591, grammar for
       step?lookup is invalid
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-03: NW to make a PR for #2482, fallback on
       bin:decode-string
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-05: MK to write a proposal to change #2393 so the
       functions return JNodes
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with
       edge cases in mind
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-08: MK to review the state of #1949 to see which
       items are still outstanding.
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-09: NW to close all "nice to have" issues at the end
       of October if they haven't progressed
     * [ ] QT4CG-170-01: RD to draft a proposal that attempts to address
       the lexical issues differently.

1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues

   This section summarizes all of the issues and pull requests that need
   to be resolved before we can finish. See [8]Technical Agenda below for
   the focus of this meeting.

1.6.1. Blocked

   The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which
   suggest they aren't ready for action.
     * PR [9]#2594: 2389 Adaptive Serialization: more freedom
     * PR [10]#2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
     * PR [11]#2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator
       record
     * PR [12]#2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
     * PR [13]#2071: 77c deep update

1.6.2. Merge without discussion

   The following PRs are editorial, small, or otherwise appeared to be
   uncontroversial when the agenda was prepared. The chairs propose that
   these can be merged without discussion. If you think discussion is
   necessary, please say so.
     * PR [14]#2782: 2781b XQFO: outdated examples
     * PR [15]#2779: 2781a Fix parsing errors in F&O and XQuery specs
     * PR [16]#2771: 2769 Clarify repeatability of
       random-number-generator() results

1.6.3. Close without action

   It has been proposed that the following issues be closed without
   action. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.
     * Issue [17]#2315: Optimization of the workflow action checkout
     * Issue [18]#2299: Make the pipe-like operators left associative and
       have the same precedence

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [19]#2784: 2783 fn:pad-string
     * PR [20]#2778: 2641b Add support for CSV comments
     * PR [21]#2777: 2644 Extend casts to sequences, arrays, maps, and
       records
     * PR [22]#2776: 2769 repeatability of rng next
     * PR [23]#2768: 2740 Drop constructor functions from built-in records
     * PR [24]#2767: 2750 Make fn:unparsed-text, ... nondeterministic
     * PR [25]#2761: 2758 Add rules for visibility of named types across
       packages
     * PR [26]#2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers
     * PR [27]#2757: 2569 Rules for unprefixed function calls with
       explicit default function ns
     * PR [28]#2739: 2738 XSLT - tree terminology
     * PR [29]#2734: 2733 A step too far
     * PR [30]#2719: 1234 Serialization Parameters: Indentation,
       Whitespace, Newlines
     * PR [31]#2715: 2653 FLWOR, member/key/value clauses: allow sequences
     * PR [32]#2714: 2219 Generalize method calls to sequences
     * PR [33]#2713: 2257 Record declarations without namespace
     * PR [34]#2712: 2702 Dynamic node tests
     * PR [35]#2707: 1962 fn:map-to-element
     * PR [36]#2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

   The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
     * Issue [37]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
     * Issue [38]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

   I've put a few new PRs at the top, then the previous ones in the same
   order as last week.
     * PR [39]#2784: 2783 fn:pad-string
     * PR [40]#2778: 2641b Add support for CSV comments
     * PR [41]#2777: 2644 Extend casts to sequences, arrays, maps, and
       records
     * PR [42]#2776: 2769 repeatability of rng next
     * PR [43]#2768: 2740 Drop constructor functions from built-in records
     * PR [44]#2767: 2750 Make fn:unparsed-text, ... nondeterministic
     * PR [45]#2761: 2758 Add rules for visibility of named types across
       packages
     * PR [46]#2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers
     * PR [47]#2757: 2569 Rules for unprefixed function calls with
       explicit default function ns
     * PR [48]#2739: 2738 XSLT - tree terminology
     * PR [49]#2734: 2733 A step too far
     * PR [50]#2719: 1234 Serialization Parameters: Indentation,
       Whitespace, Newlines
     * PR [51]#2715: 2653 FLWOR, member/key/value clauses: allow sequences
     * PR [52]#2714: 2219 Generalize method calls to sequences
     * PR [53]#2713: 2257 Record declarations without namespace
     * PR [54]#2712: 2702 Dynamic node tests
     * PR [55]#2707: 1962 fn:map-to-element
     * PR [56]#2696: 2695 Apply templates to maps, arrays, and JNodes

3. Any other business

References

   1. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/
   2. https://qt4cg.org/
   3. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard
   4. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues
   5. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/pulls
   6. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/logistics.html
   7. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2026/07-07.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/07-14.html#technical-agenda
   9. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2594
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2350
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2247
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2071
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2782
  15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2779
  16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2771
  17. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2315
  18. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2299
  19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2784
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2778
  21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2777
  22. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2776
  23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2768
  24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2767
  25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2761
  26. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2760
  27. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2757
  28. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2739
  29. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2734
  30. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2719
  31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2715
  32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2714
  33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2713
  34. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2712
  35. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2707
  36. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2696
  37. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
  38. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
  39. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2784
  40. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2778
  41. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2777
  42. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2776
  43. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2768
  44. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2767
  45. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2761
  46. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2760
  47. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2757
  48. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2739
  49. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2734
  50. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2719
  51. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2715
  52. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2714
  53. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2713
  54. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2712
  55. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2707
  56. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2696

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
CEO, Saxonica

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