[Xpath-ng] Proposal for definition of values/lists

[Eric van der Vlist]

Hi Jeni,

On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 15:10, Jeni Tennison wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I propose that we define values in XPath NG as follows:
> 
>   Every value in XPath NG is a list or an atom. A list is a sequence
>   of zero or more values. Atoms are of two kinds: nodes and data.
>   Nodes are atoms that have identity whereas data are atoms that do
>   not have identity.
.../...
> Any comments or thoughts on the above issues? Any other issues that
> I've glided over?

I think that we'd rather first decide if it's worth breaking the
compatibility (even if only in terminology) with XPath 1.0 at this
level.

I am not taking position or standing on one side or another, just
raising a red flag that this is impacting backward compatibility and
that we should explicitely document this choice and decide if XPath 1.0
is broken enough to deserve breaking compatibility...

Eric
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