On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 1:49 PM Michael Kay mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Sorry, but that's wrong. The semantics are crystal-clear, just as the
semantics of //name() are crystal clear. The expression might be useless,
and its effect might be non-intuitive, but it's a principle of orthogonal
language design that you don't disallow things merely because they are
useless or non-intuitive. You can't allow some function calls after "//"
because you think they are useful, and disallow others because you think
they aren't.
Thanks, for this explanation. Its insightful.
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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi
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