Michael Kay

CSV Parsing - handling line ending normalization

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During discussion of PR #1066 there was much debate about how best to handle normalization of (typically CRLF) line endings. Perhaps it's very unlikely that CRLF line endings will make...

Allow "fn" as abbreviation for "function" in ItemType syntax

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The syntax for inline functions is, by design, similar to the syntax for function tests. So it's confusing that you can abbreviate "function" to "fn" in the first case but...

Fix #934 String comparisons in fn:deep-equal Fix #1167 Merge $collation and $options params of fn:deep-equal

Merge $collation into $options parameter of fn:deep-equal()

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To avoid the ugly third parameter to deep-equal which will almost always be set to (), merge $collation into the $options parameter, whose type becomes `(map(*) | xs:string)?` for backwards...

String comparison in deep-equal

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The code showing how strings should be compared in deep-equal has gone awry, it doesn't match the prose. In equal-strings(), the lines ``` let $n1 := if ($options?whitespace = "normalize"))...

Decimal rounding

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This is in response to a bug/feature request from a Saxon user: see https://saxonica.plan.io/issues/6408 Currently (a) the round() function gives no control over rounding mode (towards zero, towards positive infinity,...

Default namespace for elements; especially in the context of HTML

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There can be little doubt that the fact that an unprefixed name in XPath fails to select an unprefixed element in the source document is one of the major gotcha's,...

(array|map):replace → *:substitute or *:change

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Some observations: 1. array:replace would be more versatile if multiple positions could be specified, rather than just a single position. 2. if all positions are selected, the function becomes identical...

Simple mapping operator for arrays

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I propose to provide `!!` as a simple mapping operator for arrays. For example `[(1,2,3), (4.5.6)]!!count(.)` returns `[3, 3]`. The expression on the LHS must be an array. The expression...

FLWOR tracing

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I've been developing a complex query involving grouping, windowing, and sorting, and finding it very hard to debug. I propose a new clause that can be included anywhere in a...