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Subject: Re: [xsl] index-of and empty stuff From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:04:00 +0000 |
On 20 Dec 2013, at 17:50, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > if I am searching a sequence of strings with index-of having the empty > string as the second argument will give me 0. > > Why throw an error if the 2nd argument is empty sequence, > irrespective of the type of the first argument. > > Isn't 0 the obvious answer here. > If you had taken part during the discussions when these functions were specified, you would know that a design that's obvious to one person may be counter-intuitive or even repulsive to everyone else in the room. Whether the design would be better the way you describe it is not really worth debating. In the end these decisions are arbitrary and you just have to live with them the way they are. If you want a function that behaves differently, you can always write your own. Michael Kay Saxonica
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