One more consideration: function calls seem to be more expensive than inline expressions. And then there's that baggage of a custom library...
2015-06-28 14:35 GMT+02:00 W.S. Hager <[email protected]>: > Hmm, I'm not so sure. The if/else clause is pretty short as it is, and > semantically more clear. But it's another discussion altogether. > > For me the paint points remain in array support/semantics. I thought it > best to let it rest for a while and see if the workarounds proof to be > feasible. I think I was too eager to address this in the first place. > > Regards, > Wouter > > 2015-06-28 0:07 GMT+02:00 Christian Grün <[email protected]>: > >> > Personally I would also like to see a ternary operator, but I haven't >> > mentioned it until now ;-) >> >> +1 ;) But if I remember right, it has already been motivated and >> discussed in the group before. >> >> Talking about conditions: An if expression without 'else' branch would >> often be nice as well (if not present, an empty sequence could be >> returned). >> >> >> > On 26 June 2015 at 12:18, W.S. Hager <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I've been working with the recent xquery 3.1 implementation in the >> develop >> >> branch eXist-db. I encountered some cases that were quite hard to work >> >> around: >> >> >> >> - the lack of array:index-of() >> >> - the lack of the iterator index in arrayfor-each and related >> higher-order >> >> functions >> >> >> >> Perhaps someone of the workgroup is available to discuss those cases. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wouter >> >> -- >> >> >> >> W.S. Hager >> >> Lagua Web Solutions >> >> http://lagua.nl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> W.S. Hager >> >> Lagua Web Solutions >> >> http://lagua.nl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Adam Retter >> > >> > skype: adam.retter >> > tweet: adamretter >> > http://www.adamretter.org.uk >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [email protected] >> > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > > > > -- > > W.S. Hager > Lagua Web Solutions > http://lagua.nl > -- W.S. Hager Lagua Web Solutions http://lagua.nl
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