[xquery-talk] incorrect syntax?

[David Carlisle]

On 02/10/2012 08:56, Andrew Welch wrote:
> ha that's great (if a little contrived):
>
> declare default function namespace "x";
> declare function return ($x) { $x+1 };
> return (23)
>
> returns 24

Yes that is contrived, I think it's clearer if you write it like this

declare default function namespace "return";
declare variable $return := 23;
declare function return ($return) { $return+1 };
return ($return)

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