> One more consideration: function calls seem to be more expensive than inline > expressions. And then there's that baggage of a custom library...
Doesn't that depend on the implementation? Functions may e.g. be inlined and further compiled, and the evaluated expression may differ a lot from the original expression. > > 2015-06-28 14:35 GMT+02:00 W.S. Hager <wsha...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hmm, I'm not so sure. The if/else clause is pretty short as it is, and >> semantically more clear. But it's another discussion altogether. >> >> For me the paint points remain in array support/semantics. I thought it >> best to let it rest for a while and see if the workarounds proof to be >> feasible. I think I was too eager to address this in the first place. >> >> Regards, >> Wouter >> >> 2015-06-28 0:07 GMT+02:00 Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> > Personally I would also like to see a ternary operator, but I haven't >>> > mentioned it until now ;-) >>> >>> +1 ;) But if I remember right, it has already been motivated and >>> discussed in the group before. >>> >>> Talking about conditions: An if expression without 'else' branch would >>> often be nice as well (if not present, an empty sequence could be >>> returned). >>> >>> >>> > On 26 June 2015 at 12:18, W.S. Hager <wsha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Hello, >>> >> >>> >> I've been working with the recent xquery 3.1 implementation in the >>> >> develop >>> >> branch eXist-db. I encountered some cases that were quite hard to work >>> >> around: >>> >> >>> >> - the lack of array:index-of() >>> >> - the lack of the iterator index in arrayfor-each and related >>> >> higher-order >>> >> functions >>> >> >>> >> Perhaps someone of the workgroup is available to discuss those cases. >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> Wouter >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> W.S. Hager >>> >> Lagua Web Solutions >>> >> http://lagua.nl >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> W.S. Hager >>> >> Lagua Web Solutions >>> >> http://lagua.nl >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> talk@x-query.com >>> >> http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Adam Retter >>> > >>> > skype: adam.retter >>> > tweet: adamretter >>> > http://www.adamretter.org.uk >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > talk@x-query.com >>> > http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> W.S. Hager >> Lagua Web Solutions >> http://lagua.nl > > > > > -- > > W.S. Hager > Lagua Web Solutions > http://lagua.nl _______________________________________________ talk@x-query.com http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
