6531 2009-02-04 17:13:47 +0000 [FOerrata] fn:concat and '...' not defined 2009-10-16 21:45:59 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Functions and Operators 1.0 Recommendation All All CLOSED FIXED P3 minor --- 1 bungeman mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 23458 0 bungeman 2009-02-04 17:13:47 +0000 This is somewhat nit-picky but fn:concat is specified as fn:concat($arg1 as xs:anyAtomicType?, $arg2 as xs:anyAtomicType?, ... ) as xs:string but the meaning and usage of '...' is never defined. This should be defined in section 1.4. Also, the base type of these optional arguments should be stated explicitly, like fn:concat($arg1 as xs:anyAtomicType?, $arg2 as xs:anyAtomicType?, ... as xs:anyAtomicType?) as xs:string instead of implicitly by stating this only in the text following. I realize that fn:concat is the only vararg function and is rather special cased, but I believe that making such changes would make the meaning far more explicit. So the proposal is to add to section 1.4 wording to the effect of "The last parameter declaration of a function signature may specify '...' instead of a $parameter-name. This indicates that there may be a variable number of arguments passed to the function. The type of these arguments must match the type specified by the parameter-type of the parameter declaration." and change the fn:concat signature as described above. 25310 1 mike 2009-05-26 14:34:53 +0000 This is classed as editorial, so I am proposing to fix it using editorial discretion. I've added text for the next version of Functions and Operators that mentions the use of this special-case notation for concat: "One function, <code>fn:concat</code>, has a variable number of arguments (two or more). More strictly, there is an infinite set of functions having the name <code>fn:concat</code>, with arity ranging from 2 to infinity. For this special case, a single function signature is given, with an ellipsis indicating an indefinite number of arguments." I don't think there's a need to formalize it any further than this. The meaning is clear. If you can accept this resolution, I would be grateful if you would mark it as closed. 28421 2 mike 2009-10-16 21:45:59 +0000 As there has been no response to my request to close this or comment on the resolution, I am marking it closed with no further action.