Hi Christian, Seems to work fine with latest snapshot with some straightforward cases but I do get an error in some cases which I cannot understand. Though I appreciate that it may be difficult to support all types of dynamic calls.
The error is: [bxerr:BXXQ0001] No updating expression allowed. I am not using updating expressions. I also tried this in my little test project and it runs against the same error. I haven't been able to pinpoint it yet as it happens deep in the bowels of the code. When I'm able to I will let you know. You can use a simple/small set of unit tests to verify [1]. I've %unit:ignored the last test that causes the error above. Cheers, --Marc [1] https://github.com/xokomola/origami-examples/blob/master/check/test-eval.xqm On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > This was a deliberate restriction: As maps and arrays are function > items, and as they can contain references to other functions that have > been declared in the evaluated query, it is generally tricky to > evaluate and return them dynamically. > > However, I spent some more thoughts on the underlying semantics, and I > may have found a solution that overcomes some of the earlier > limitations. > > A new snapshot is available [1], which now allows you to return > function items (incl. maps and arrays) as result of xquery:eval. Your > testing feedback will be welcome. > > Christian > > [1] http://files.basex.org/releases/latest/ > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Marc van Grootel > <marc.van.groo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to return a map or an array from xquery:eval. Seems this is >> not possible, yet the signature says it returns item()* >> >> xquery:eval('1 + 1') => 2 >> xquery:eval('[1,2]') => ERROR: [FOTY0014] Items of type array(*) >> have no string representation. >> xquery:eval('map { "x": 10 }') => ERROR: [FOTY0014] Items of type >> map(*) have no string representation. >> >> BTW: I saw that xquery:eval#3 is documented as returning item() while >> the other arities return item()* >> >> Tested on 8.3, haven't tested yet on 8.4beta but it's trivial to repro I >> figure. >> >> -- >> --Marc -- --Marc
