Since the / operator sets the context node for the expression to the right of
it, it is possible to set it to an arbitrary context node like this:
$context/xdmp:value(".")
You can replace "." with any expression, which will have $context as the
context node.
-m
On Feb 4, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Mark Boyd wrote:
> Yes, I understand that, currently, custom functions must pass in the context
> according to spec. That is inconsistent. If standard library functions can
> achieving it should not custom functions be allowed to do the same?
>
> Mark
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Florent Georges
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:58 PM
> To: General Mark Logic Developer Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] context item within function calls
>
> Hi,
>
> A user function cannot access the context node. You have to pass it
> explicitly. Some functions in the standard library have this special power
> though.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Florent Georges
> http://www.fgeorges.org
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