24221 2014-01-07 14:56:13 +0000 [XQ3.0] FLWOR expression semantics 2014-02-17 11:01:47 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT XQuery 3.0 Last Call drafts PC All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike jonathan.robie public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 98078 0 mike 2014-01-07 14:56:13 +0000 In section 3.10 it is stated: Conceptually, the initial clause generates a tuple stream. Each intermediate clause takes the tuple stream generated by the previous clause as input and generates a (possibly different) tuple stream as output. In this sentence, "the initial clause" means "the first clause", while "Each intermediate clause" means each clause after the first, before the "return". That is, they don't mean the same as InitialClause and IntermediateClause in the grammar. A recent thread on xquery-talk suggests that this has been misread and has caused confusion. 100742 1 jonathan.robie 2014-02-17 11:01:47 +0000 I propose to close this with the following text: Delete: A FLWOR expression consists of an initial clause, zero or more intermediate clauses, and a final clause. Rewrite: Conceptually, the first</phrase> clause generates a tuple stream. Each clause between the first clause and the return clause takes the tuple stream generated by the previous clause as input and generates a (possibly different) tuple stream as output. The return clause takes a tuple stream as input and, for each tuple in this tuple stream ...