On 08/30/2013 07:11 AM, Benito van der Zander wrote:
Hi,
is it true that *all* operations on types derived from the numeric
types return a value of one of the four base numeric types?
For example xs:byte(1) + xs:byte(1) or abs(xs:byte(1)).
What's the point of even having these sub types then?
It's really a headache to use the subtypes since you are constantly
fighting against the grain. For example, if you write a function like:
declare function local:factorial($x as xs:int) as xs:int {
if ($x < 2) then 1 else local:factorial($x - 1) * $x
}
You get various compilation errors
You have to do something like:
declare function local:factorial($x as xs:int) as xs:int {
if ($x < 2) then xs:int(1) else xs:int(local:factorial(xs:int($x -
1)) * $x)
};
local:factorial (xs:int(10))
This is using Saxon 9.4. Somehow in MarkLogic there seems to be some
kind of automatic casting going on, and the first function compiles and
runs OK.
-Mike
PS how many times will I forget that $x-1 is parsed as a variable name.
A token allowed in a symbol *and* as an operator makes no sense. Old
argument I'm sure.
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