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Re: [xsl] Variable number of arguments

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> The alternative approach, of representing a variable number of
> arguments with one argument - a list typed with the common sub-type of
> all the permissable arguments, suffers from loss of static typing
> accuracy.

This is not an 1:1 alternative, as one cannot represent as a sequence
a sequence of sequences. So, if the arguments of the function are
sequences, they (all the arguments) cannot be represented as a single
sequence -- a known limitation of XPath 2.0 sequences.


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Dimitre Novatchev
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