[xquery-talk] xquery 3.1 wishlist

[Adam Retter]

Your library module is still just functions, so they can also be
optimised and inlined. If they are written in XQuery then the XQuery
processor needs to support/offer that optimisation, if they are
written in Java (or other) as processor extensions then it is likely
that the Java compiler/JIT (or other) will perform that optimisation.

On 28 June 2015 at 20:05, W.S. Hager <wshager at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I didn't mention I was thinking about the case where I would create a
> library module instead of using inline functions.
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> 2015-06-28 21:01 GMT+02:00 Michael Kay <mike at saxonica.com>:
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>> > On 28 Jun 2015, at 19:32, W.S. Hager <wshager at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > One more consideration: function calls seem to be more expensive than
>> > inline expressions.
>>
>> Saxon and I’m sure other products will inline function calls when they
>> consider it appropriate. Because XQuery is side-effect-free and has no
>> polymorphism, this is a pretty straightforward optimization.
>>
>>
>> > And then there's that baggage of a custom library...
>> >
>>
>> I’m not sure what you’re referring to here.
>>
>> Michael Kay
>> Saxonica
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> W.S. Hager
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