You may as well want to use XML comments, as long as you are moving within XML constructs:
<Point> <!-- <coordinates> ALLOW ME TO COMMENT OUT THIS LINE</coordinates> --> Of course, this comment will then also be part of the constructed XML fragment. Christian _______________________________ > As per the mailing list archive link I sent yesterday. > Use this to comment out data inside XML literal constructors > > <Point> > { (: <coordinates> ALLOW ME TO COMMENT OUT THIS LINE</coordinates> :) } > ... > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > David A. Lee > d...@calldei.com > http://www.xmlsh.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: talk-boun...@x-query.com [mailto:talk-boun...@x-query.com] On Behalf Of jida...@jidanni.org > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:39 AM > To: m...@basex.org > Cc: talk@x-query.com > Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] let's comment out a line in XQuery > > I don't have a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education :-) but here > goes anyway. basex: Debian's 7.3-1. > $ basex noise0.xq |wc > Stopped at line 26, column 46 in /home/jidanni/mapping/kml/noise0.xq: > [XPTY0004] Single item expected, ( ALLOW ME TO COMMENT OUT THIS LINE, ...) found. > 0 0 0 > $ cat noise0.xq > (: > # Make a map of noisy neighbors, Xquery version. > # Copyright : http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html > # Author : Dan Jacobson -- http://jidanni.org/ > # Created On : Sat Jan 29 17:28:12 2011 > # Last Modified On: Thu Dec 20 23:29:24 2012 > # Update Count : 122 > :) > declare option output:omit-xml-declaration "no"; > declare function local:fol($f){ > (: just adds lines between the first point and the rest :) > <Folder> > {$f/*} > <Folder> > <name>(lines)</name> > <open>0</open> > { > for $p at $c in $f/*:Placemark > where $c > 1 > return > <Placemark> > <name>{concat($f/*:Placemark[$c]//*:name/text()," to ", > $f/*:Placemark[ 1]//*:name/text())}</name> > <LineString> > <coordinates>{concat($f/*:Placemark[$c]//*:coordinates/text()," ", > $f/*:Placemark[ 1]//*:coordinates/text())}</coordinates> > </LineString> > </Placemark> > } </Folder> > </Folder>} > ; > <kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"> > {comment {"Made by noise.xq, will get OVERWRITTEN"}} > <Document> > <Folder> > <name>噪音 Noise</name> > <description>http://jidanni.org/me/quiet.html</description> > {local:fol( > <Folder> > <name>慶福街 1-3 Qingfu St.</name> > <Placemark> > <name>1-3</name> > <Point> > (: <coordinates> ALLOW ME TO COMMENT OUT THIS LINE</coordinates> :) > <coordinates>120.865201,24.181712</coordinates> (: 2012/12 Google satellite :) > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Luo Yuntian</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.868205,24.176483</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Zhong Guilin</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.866934,24.152642</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Maan Nong Zhuang</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.84368,24.17268</coordinates> (: 東勢區慶福里007鄰-東關路147號 :) > </Point> > </Placemark> > </Folder>)} > {local:fol( > <Folder> > <name>慶福街 1-6 Qingfu St.</name> > <Placemark> > <name>1-6</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.866215,24.181668</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Liu Shiqing</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.86981,24.19667</coordinates> (: Approx :) > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Wu Yuxuan</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.86981,24.18811</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Chen Chunlai</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.877008,24.187393</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Chen Zhenfeng</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.87456,24.18333</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Dazhong</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.872499,24.200025</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Liu Jinxing</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.874624,24.193282</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > <Placemark> > <name>Zeng Pingzhu</name> > <Point> > <coordinates>120.868530,24.183716</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > </Folder>)} > </Folder> > </Document> > </kml> > > _______________________________________________ > talk@x-query.com > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk@x-query.com > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
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