5597 2008-04-01 15:37:21 +0000 [FO] 7.4.2 string-join(): examples unclear with regard to whitespace 2008-04-22 20:03:46 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 1.0 Recommendation Macintosh All CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 roth mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 19677 0 roth 2008-04-01 15:37:21 +0000 http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-string-join The first two examples for string-join() are unclear with regard to whitespace. Currently, they read: fn:string-join(('Now', 'is', 'the', 'time', '...'), ' ') returns " Now is the time ... ". There is a space character before "Now" and one after "...". Does this mean that "as a separator" means the separator is put in front of, between and after the $arg1 sequence elements? fn:string-join(('Blow, ', 'blow, ', 'thou ', 'winter ', 'wind!'), '') returns " Blow, blow, thou winter wind! ". Again, there is whitespace before "Blow" and after "wind!" - but here, the separator is the empty string. Why is there a single whitespace generated before the first and after the last sequence element? I suspect the single whitespace at the beginning and end of the samples is an error in both cases, and that the separator is only added between two items of the $arg1 sequence. In this case, the superfluous whitespace should be removed in the examples, since as it is now, it is not totally clear whether it's a bug or a trait of the function. 19910 1 mike 2008-04-22 17:28:47 +0000 On 22 April 2008 the WG accepted this bug (the spaces should not appear). The editor was directed to prepare an erratum accordingly. To the originator: please close the bug if you are content with this resolution. 19912 2 mike 2008-04-22 17:46:34 +0000 This will be the subject of erratum E21