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what about defining custom axis - spouse, customers, orders in case it not in same xml-tree mycompany/customers::company[@id eq 1]/directors::person/spouse::person/name On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Vladimir Nesterovsky<vladimir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Does it mean that XPath will be extended to be able to >>>> declare inline functions? >>> >>> Final decision not yet made, but I think that is the likely outcome. >> >> Even if they don't, in many cases one can use functions that >> dynamically create other functions. :) > > Personally, I would remove everything except inline functions from "higher > order functions". They provide minimal and sufficient means to achieve the > goal. Redundant but equal ways to express the same idea just add more > decision points in programming. > -- > Vladimir Nesterovsky > http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com/
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