Re: Extension candidates

> >   BTW I wonder if instead of "Higher Order Functions for 
> XQuery" that 
> > shouldn't be "First-Class Functions for XQuery"?  Even if FCF are 
> > dedicated to HOF, I think your proposal really describes FCF.
> 
> My understanding was that the two were synonymous. What's the 
> difference?

They are two sides of a coin. A higher order function is one that takes a
function as an argument; in order for it to do so, a function must be a
first-class object.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/