Yes, comparison of empty sequences and flattening nested sequences are things I don't like about XPath. Jakub.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Lee > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:49 PM > To: Josh Spiegel > Cc: xquery-discuss > Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] XQuery quirk of the day > > > > From: Josh Spiegel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:45 PM > To: David Lee > Cc: xquery-discuss > Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] XQuery quirk of the day > > If you are looking for concise... > > if ("") then "yep" else "nope" ==> nope > if (()) then "yep" else "nope" ==> nope > if ("foo") then "yep" else "nope" ==> yep > > ------- > > Thanks, I just stumbled on this while playing with the not() suggestion. > I was thinking "if fn:not() works why not no not just if ... " ahh english vs > code : > > Voila ! thanks all . My code is now much cleaner (but perhaps less readable) > ... oh well ;) > > ---------------------------------------- > David A. Lee > [email protected] > http://www.xmlsh.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
