is this a quine ?

[James Fuller]

ok thanks for clearing that up!

cheers, Jim

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Michael Kay <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk> wrote:
>> yes I understand this ... but was wondering why ?
>>
>> Is this a default result of behavior defined by the
>> specification or is it left to implementator to decide upon ?
>>
>> being a bit lazy, mainly due to the fact that to answer this
>> question I think I need to trawl through 5-6 specs.
>
> The specification states that the result of the query is a sequence of three
> strings.
>
> It doesn't say how a sequence of three strings should be displayed on the
> screen.
>
> It does define a method for serializing any value, and Saxon chooses to use
> this method by default. But there are other ways, for example try the -wrap
> option. Or if you use the Java API, you can get back an Iterator that
> returns the three strings.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>