numeric-sequence predicates

The Formal Semantics document provides a mapping in "6.2.1.7 Predicates" for
range predicates. The rules for predicate-expression evaluation in the
XQuery 1.0 documentation however ("2.3.3.1 Predicates") imply that more than
a single numeric value is an error. Why the discrepancy?

In fact, I'm curious why numeric sequences in general can't serve as
predicates. I had a brief chat with PeterF, who indicated this was
semantically possible (although incompatible with XPath 1.0). I'd like to
see the more general case, if it's doable.

Best,
Howard

Received on Monday, 11 February 2002 14:59:13 UTC