[xquery-talk] Question on expected XQuery return per standards

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2009-03-27 15:35 -0400, David Sewell wrote:
>For MarkLogic (4.0-4), sets 1 and 2 return the same as set 5 (only p2).
>In other words, [position() eq 2] is parsed differently from [2].

But 3.2.2(1) reads:

   "If the value of the predicate expression is a singleton atomic
    value of a numeric type or derived from a numeric type, the
    predicate truth value is true if the value of the predicate
    expression is equal (by the eq operator) to the context position,
    and is false otherwise. [Definition: A predicate whose predicate
    expression returns a numeric type is called a numeric predicate.]

>Before filing a bug report I wanted more input, as this seems to be an
>area where informed people disagree about the standard. So I'm
>temporarily resisting my default behavior of assuming that whatever
>Michael Kay says must be true. :-)

:{)}  But that is always a good place to start!

. . . . . . . . .  . Ken

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