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Bug 3977 - Nesting of proximity operators
Summary: Nesting of proximity operators
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Full Text 1.0 (show other bugs)
Version: Working drafts
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P2 major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jim Melton
QA Contact: Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs
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Reported: 2006-11-17 17:19 UTC by Pat Case
Modified: 2007-04-20 15:39 UTC (History)
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Description Pat Case 2006-11-17 17:19:36 UTC 
Pained at the uselessness of full-text query implementations that do not allow users to nest proximity expressions, we propose that instead of making nesting entirely optional, the number of levels of nesting required be limited to 3.
Comment 1 Pat Case 2007-02-26 19:52:46 UTC 
The FTTF discussed and determined that implementing 3 nesting levels would involve the same amount and complexity of work as implementing infinite nesting, so limiting nesting to 3 levels does not help the implementation issues that prompted this optional restriction on nesting in the conformance statement. 

Pat feels that not being able to nest proximity operators would severely reduce the power of XQuery Full-Text and expects the Library of Congress to submit a minority opinion if this decision stands.
Comment 2 Jim Melton 2007-04-20 15:39:28 UTC 
Because you participated in the TF when this bug was resolved, we presume that your concerns are addressed appropriately.  We are therefore marking this bug as CLOSED.