16369 2012-03-14 15:19:10 +0000 [FO30] Invoking fn:error with a static error code. 2012-03-20 18:24:57 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 3.0 Working drafts All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 g mike jim.melton public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 65518 0 g 2012-03-14 15:19:10 +0000 I am unsure about the behavior of this query with respect to the spec and versus what one could expect. Perhaps I just overlooked something? declare namespace err= "http://www.w3.org/2005/xqt-errors"; try { fn:error(xs:QName("err:XPST0008")) } catch err:XPST0008 { 0 } Possibility 1. F&O says that "the effect of the error is identical to the effect of dynamic errors raised implicitly". It would mean that the error, since it is dynamic, is caught and 0 is returned. Possibility 2. It is a static error code so one could also expect that it is not caught (although it has been raised dynamically?). Or, alternatively, would it make sense to raise a dynamic error err:XQDY.... if fn:error is invoked with an error code that is defined in a specification and that is a static error code? 65531 1 mike 2012-03-14 17:42:07 +0000 I think that whether an error is static or dynamic is a property of the error, not a property of its QName. Calling the error() function always raises a dynamic error. The fact that the QName is more commonly associated with a static error doesn't change this. 65858 2 mike 2012-03-20 18:24:57 +0000 The WG decided to accept the resolution in comment #1. A non-normative note will be added to the error() function to explain this situation.