Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>> On 21 Sep 2020, at 02:34, Pieter Lamers pieter.lamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[b&]
>> let $a := ('one','two','three')
>> let $b := ('none')
>>
>> return ($a, $b)[1] will return just the first item in the sequence,
>> 'one', and not 'one','two','three', which might be what you want to
>> achieve in this quasi shorthanded if/else construction.
>
> I wonder how that reads with (ex) DSSSL or elisp users? Odd I would
> imagine.

A bit odd, but itbs a direct consequence of sequence flattening. You
just have to get used to that.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Norman Tovey-Walsh <ndw@xxxxxxxxxx>
https://nwalsh.com/

> Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

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