29614 2016-05-06 10:39:03 +0000 [FO31] fn:data 2016-07-21 14:21:19 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 3.1 Candidate Recommendation PC Windows NT CLOSED FIXED P2 editorial --- 1 tim mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 126364 0 tim 2016-05-06 10:39:03 +0000 The description of fn:data on arrays in FO31 "If the item is an array, the result of applying fn:data to each member of the array, in order, is appended to the result sequence." doesn't do as good a job of describing the case where the array is empty as in XQ31 which uses the text "If the item is an array $a, atomization is defined as $a?* ! fn:data(.), which is equivalent to atomizing the members of the array." Reading F&O only, I was expecting fn:data([]) to be similar to applying fn:data to a node which does not have a typed value. 126365 1 mike 2016-05-06 16:20:09 +0000 The text seems perfectly clear to me. 126379 2 tim 2016-05-09 09:54:16 +0000 (In reply to Michael Kay from comment #1) > The text seems perfectly clear to me. I'd like to see something along the lines of "If the array is empty, the result is the empty sequence". added. 126679 3 mike 2016-06-06 15:27:24 +0000 If we're going to say anything special about atomizing an empty array, then we also have to say something about atomizing an empty sequence, since currently both cases rely on the reader understanding that if you do something for each item/member, then if there are no items/members, you do nothing. I have therefore added the notes: <p>The result of atomizing an empty sequence is an empty sequence.</p> <p>The result of atomizing an empty array is an empty sequence.</p>