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Thanks Mike and Ken for the clarification. I should know better how to read the spec :) On Dec 24, 2007 12:26 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I recently needed to do set difference operation in a 2.0 > > stylesheet, using Saxon 9 (basic version). I was a bit > > surprised to find that Saxon reported, "Unknown system > > function except()". > > > > The F&O spec defines this function > > (http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-except). Could > > you please tell, why this built in function not implemented > > in Saxon 9. > > It's not a function, it's an operator. (Note the op: prefix). You can write > "A except B". > > > > As a workaround, I had to resort to $seq1[not(. = $seq2)] ... > > > > That doesn't do the same thing, it compares by value, not by node identity. > > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ -- Regards, Mukul Gandhi
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