Joel Kalvesmaki

walrus makes sense for binding -- sorry to detract from the main thing, which was suggesting dot syntax. I wonder if initial-dot syntax could be leveraged other places to populate,...

When I've needed node constructors within an XPath expression, I've relied on custom XSLT functions. I agree, having such tools immediate to hand in the core function library would be...

Do I understand correctly that `TypeQualifier` is the fly in this ointment? I find the tilde as a substitute more confusing and obfuscating. `TypeQualifier` is a kind of filter/predicate construction....

@dnovatchev @benibela I would want to hear more about opening the definition of map key to include an array. That would seem to me difficult or impossible, because arrays can...

What about also `@use-when`, to identify functions that potentially overshadow each other?

An example or two to illustrate the utility?

It seems to me that if one allows local functions in `xsl:mode` one should also permit variables scoped to the mode. If the CG warms to that idea, we may...

Because this was the primary PR that attracted attention at the last CG meeting, I'm consolidating various remarks here. I have appreciated how XPath functions have not tried to solve...

Would `xsl:record` interface with `xsl:record-type`? Presumably by the name of the record type? So if I understand correctly, we should be prepared to write something like this: `` Just making...

I am unclear what changes to the specs are being proposed. Include is roughly a hard copy. Import is roughly the same as include but there are provisions for overriding...