Re: Reference and First-Class Function

"Vladimir Nesterovsky" <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:01:20 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.text.xml.xslt.extensions
Message-ID <7d9f86c$3a0e3da9$66dd8878$@com>
>   I've written a few words about references and firs-class functions
> on the wiki, based on previous discussions.  Even if they do not
> necessarily represent a consensus, I thought that would be a useful
> way to support discussions:
> 
>     http://www.fgeorges.org/exslt2-wiki/Reference
>     http://www.fgeorges.org/exslt2-wiki/First-Class_Function
> 
>   And critics welcome.

> The function object is a single item, 
> whose the type is not a node and not an atomic neither, 
> this is a new, third type of item. Items of this type can 
> not be added to a tree, and attempting to get its string 
> value will result in a dynamic error. 

Function object should be an atomic type, 
otherwise how can you store it in a sequence?
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Vladimir Nesterovsky
http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com