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Re: [xsl] question about function type example in XPath 3.0 spec

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On 13 Aug 2014, at 15:43, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
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> The XPath 3.0 specification http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-30/#id-function-test
gives the example
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> function(int, int) as int matches any function with the function signature
function(int, int) as int.
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> What is "int" in there, just a hypotetical unqualified type name for the
purpose of the example? Or should it be "xs:int" to reference the W3C XML
schema type?


It's a QName that refers to an atomic or union type. It doesn't really matter
what type it refers to, the example is valid regardless. I agree it's an odd
choice of name.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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