Re: typing of integer operations in Xpath2

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Subject: Re: typing of integer operations in Xpath2
From: Jeff Kenton <Jeffrey.Kenton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:41:39 -0400

Michael Kay wrote:

6) The rules could be changed to avoid promoting integers to doubles,
  when all operands are integer, and an integer result is sensible
  (e.g. plus, minus, idiv, multiply)

It is already the case that if all the operands are integers then the result
is an integer.

I suspect his problem is that, without a schema, all elements from the input XML file (e.g., foo/bar) default to double unless cast. But, he didn't provide enough detail to be sure.

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RE: typing of integer operations in Xpath2, (continued) Michael Kay - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:45:35 -0400 (EDT) Andreas L. Delmelle - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:31:25 -0400 (EDT) Colin Paul Adams - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Kenton - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:37:37 -0400 (EDT) Jeff Kenton - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:32:51 -0400 (EDT) <= David Carlisle - Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:27:57 -0400 (EDT)

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