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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I got my answer: not even Java is flexible here. I’m probably over asking, again. Even have to reconsider my case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rob Stapper [mailto:r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl] <br><b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 23 juli 2015 18:13<br><b>Aan:</b> talk@x-query.com<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> FW: [xquery-talk] annotations in function-declarations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Always forget to reply to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Rob Stapper [<a href="mailto:r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl">mailto:r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl</a>] <br><b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 23 juli 2015 17:33<br><b>Aan:</b> 'Ghislain Fourny'<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> RE: [xquery-talk] annotations in function-declarations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Ghislain,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That sure makes sense, I’ve thought about that too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On the other hand the following construction is completely legal and the annotated-function is dynamically created:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>declare function mySpace:constructor( $a, $b, ….) { </span><span lang=EN-US>%myAnnotation( ‘wishThisWasAvariable-InsteadOfAliteralValue’) function ( $f ){$f( $a, $b, ……..)} </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>} ;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The function and probably so also its annotation is created dynamically.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So it needs a little feasibility-study . Is there room for a little feasibility-study ;-) ( I know capacity)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:talk-bounces@x-query.com">talk-bounces@x-query.com</a> [<a href="mailto:talk-bounces@x-query.com">mailto:talk-bounces@x-query.com</a>] <b>Namens </b>Ghislain Fourny<br><b>Verzonden:</b> donderdag 23 juli 2015 16:56<br><b>Aan:</b> Rob Stapper<br><b>CC:</b> <a href="mailto:talk@x-query.com">talk@x-query.com</a><br><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [xquery-talk] annotations in function-declarations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Rob,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just off the top of my mind, I would expect some challenges with respect to dynamically vs. statically known information. With a literal, all annotations are known statically. With a variable, this is no longer the case. This may have unexpected implications for function type checking, etc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope it makes sense.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ghislain<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Rob Stapper <<a href="mailto:r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl" target="_blank">r.stapper@lijbrandt.nl</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Is it possible that in a nearby release of the XQUERY-standard the parameters of the annotations in function-declarations can also hold string-variables?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>e.g. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>declare %myAnnotation( $annotationValue) function f ( ){()} ;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>instead of: declare %myAnnotation( ‘myLiteral’) function f ( ){()} ;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>My use-case is that I want to be able to check some of my functions for specific properties during processing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>- it would be nice if the source of the annotationValue at function-creation could be the same as at function-checking, e.g.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>declare variable $annotationValue := ‘testValue’ ;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>declare %myAnnotation( $annotationValue) function f( ){()} ;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>declare function test( $f, $annotationValue){ …..test annotation:%myAnnotation of function( $f) for value: $annotationValue…..} ;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span lang=EN-US>………….. test( $myFunction, $myTestValue) ……..</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>- another, more important point is that the constructor-function for these annotated functions can be called from different places in my program with different values. So actually function-creation is also during processing.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Is this something that W3C sees as a useful enough addition and is it feasible within the given capacity?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Thanks in advance,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Rob Stapper</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 11.25pt 0cm 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Afbeelding verwijderd door afzender. 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