• To: "'Jonathan Robie'" <jonathan.robie@s...>,"'David Carlisle'" <davidc@n...>
• Subject: RE: The use of XML syntax in XML Query
• From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:00:46 -0000
• Cc: <www-xml-query-comments@w...>,<xml-dev@l...>
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• In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20020103121102.044afc98@s...>
• Reply-to: <michael.h.kay@n...>

> But the XML syntax for element constructors is not at all
> confusing unless
> the query is embedded in an XML document.

It's going to become very confusing when users try to generate something
like

  if (<a>2</a> < <b>3</b>)

using tools that normally expect to output XML!

Mike Kay

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