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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> In the current syntax, the above constructor creates a PI and a comment
> within the element. If XQuery were an XML syntax, we would have to create
> comments and PIs some other way, eg:
>
> <foo>
> {
> processing-instruction("fmt", font="bold"),
> xml-comment("The above PI is for my favorite formatting engine")
> }
> </foo>
>
> I prefer to be able to use the straight XML syntax, as in the current WD.
But this is inconsistent with XSLT, which also constructs XML, but using
standard XML syntax:
<foo>
<xsl:processing-instruction ... />
<xsl:comment ... />
</foo>
Not saying which is better or anything, but any inconsistency in how
common operations are performed deserves some careful thinking before
being officially endorsed...
ABS
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Alaric B. Snell
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