RE: Variable references in path expressions

I doubt that expressions of the form $a/$b will be used often.

Best regards
Michael

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> TAN Kuan Hui
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 7:43 PM
> To: Michael Dyck; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Variable references in path expressions
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> >
> > > I am concern about evaluating only the rhs. The following
> > > production shows that we can do something to the rhs of "/"
> > > prior to evaluating the expression.
> > >
> > > [67]    PathExpr    ::=    ("/" RelativePathExpr?)
> > >                                     | ("//" RelativePathExpr)
> > >                                     | RelativePathExpr /* gn:
leading-
> lone-slash */
> > > [68]    RelativePathExpr    ::=    StepExpr (("/" | "//")
StepExpr)*
> >
> > Why do you think these productions show that? It's the normalization
> > and evaluation rules, not the grammar productions, that dictate
> > whether we can "do something" to a StepExpr prior to evaluating the
> > expression.
> >
> This is where I think our interpretation differs. I take it that you
> are inferring from the normalization and evaluation rules as layout
> in formal semantics. Now, I see those rules being manifested
> depending on how the semantics of the expression is to be fullfilled.
> If there is agreement on how $a/$b should be processed, then
> those evaluation rules has to fine tuned accordingly.
> If there is a will there is a way.
> 
> I suspect $a/$b is going to be a very common construct
> the result however is going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
> Its just going to take some explaining and whether it will be
> convincing is entirely another matter.
> 
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