[xquery-talk] prolog ordering

[Dave Pawson]

http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery/#prod-xquery-Prolog

shows

[6]    	Prolog 	   ::=    	(
   (DefaultNamespaceDecl | Setter | NamespaceDecl | Import)
    Separator)*
   (
     (VarDecl | FunctionDecl | OptionDecl)
   Separator)*

(I think there is a paren mismatch btw)

declare boundary-space preserve;
declare default element namespace "";
declare base-uri "file:///myjava/xquery/data/";
(: seemingly relative to xml:base :)
import module namespace dp  = "urn:modul" at "modul.xq";

Using Saxon 8 shows the error

Error on line 5 column 1 of file:/C:/myjava/xquery/data/test10.xq:
  XPST0003: XQuery syntax error in #... "file:///myjava/xquery/data/"#:
    'declare base-uri' must appear earlier in the query prolog
Failed to compile query

If I read the spec right (not a common case), then
expanding the first group, setters, shows

 (DefaultNamespaceDecl
  BoundarySpaceDecl
  DefaultCollationDecl
  BaseURIDecl
  ConstructionDecl
  OrderingModeDecl
  EmptyOrderDecl
  CopyNamespacesDecl
  NamespaceDecl
  Import)   Separator )*

in which case the elements can appear in any order?




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