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Re: Re: xpath2 functions returning ()

Subject: Re: Re: xpath2 functions returning ()
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:40:51 +0000
Re:  Re: xpath2 functions returning ()
David,

> That wuld be a rather big change. If strings were sequences in that
> sense then ("abc")[2] would be "b".

Whereas currently it's raises an error, of course - nothing to do with
the fact that strings aren't split into characters, but rather because
predicates can only be used on steps, and general steps must return
node sequences.

So:

  (1, 2, 3)[2]

is an error according to the XPath 2.0 WD, as far as I can tell.

Which strikes me as rather peculiar, personally.

Cheers,

Jeni

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