QT4 CG Meeting 177 Agenda 2026-08-25
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Agenda
This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST, 11:00EDT).
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1. Administrivia
1.1. Roll call
1.2. Approve the agenda
1.3. Approve minutes of previous meetings
Minutes of the previous meeting.
1.4. Next meeting
This meeting is planned for 25 August 2026.
The next meeting is planned for 1 September.
1.5. Review of open action items [0/7]
[ ]QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract formal equivalences into tests[ ]QT4CG-167-05: MK to write a proposal to change #2393 so the functions return JNodes[ ]QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with edge cases in mind[ ]QT4CG-167-09: NW to close all “nice to have” issues at the end of October if they haven’t progressed[ ]QT4CG-170-01: RD to draft a proposal that attempts to address the lexical issues differently.[ ]QT4CG-174-01: MK to make an issue or otherwise address CG’s comments on #2734.[ ]QT4CG-176-01: NW to see about improving the linking for record types.[ ]QT4CG-176-02: MK to refine the strip-space option so that it takes account of historical defaults.
1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues
This section summarizes all of the issues and pull requests that need to be resolved before we can finish. See Technical Agenda below for the focus of this meeting.
1.6.1. Blocked
The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which suggest they aren’t ready for action.
- PR #2789: 2787 XQuery changes to merge declare record and declare type
- PR #2768: 2740 Drop constructor functions from built-in records
- PR #2760: 2521 URIs: unify handling of fragment identifiers
- PR #2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
- PR #2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator record
- PR #2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
- PR #2071: 77c deep update
1.6.2. Merge without discussion
The following PRs are editorial, small, or otherwise appeared to be uncontroversial when the agenda was prepared. The chairs propose that these can be merged without discussion. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.
1.6.3. Substantive PRs
The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
- PR #2858: 2853 Default values of function parameters
- PR #2856: 2819 A step too far: notes
- PR #2855: 2818 Generalized casts: wildcards, error codes
- PR #2854: 2807 Dynamic node tests: avoid static errors
- PR #2851: 2703 Dynamic selectors: consistent error handling
- PR #2840: 2825 Generalize fn:jtree to accept any value as input
- PR #2831: 2809 fn:deep-equal, debug option: nondeterminism
- PR #2815: 2567 Extended and restricted record types
- PR #2814: 2393 array:members and array:of-members using JNodes
- PR #2805: 2802 Function identity removed
- PR #2797: 2699 fn:element-to-map: validation
- PR #2796: 2352 Trusted execution: clarifications
- PR #2795: 2338 Nomenclature: node(), gnode(), xnode()
2. Technical agenda
2.1. PR #2805: 2802 Function identity removed
See PR #2805
2.2. PR #2831: 2809 fn:deep-equal, debug option: nondeterminism
See PR #2831
2.3. PR #2858: 2853 Default values of function parameters
See PR #2858
2.4. PR #2856: 2819 A step too far: notes
See PR #2856
2.5. PR #2855: 2818 Generalized casts: wildcards, error codes
See PR #2855
2.6. PR #2854: 2807 Dynamic node tests: avoid static errors
See PR #2854
2.7. PR #2851: 2703 Dynamic selectors: consistent error handling
See PR #2851
2.8. PR #2840: 2825 Generalize fn:jtree to accept any value as input
See PR #2840
2.9. PR #2815: 2567 Extended and restricted record types
See PR #2815
2.10. PR #2814: 2393 array:members and array:of-members using JNodes
See PR #2814
2.11. PR #2797: 2699 fn:element-to-map: validation
See PR #2797
2.12. PR #2796: 2352 Trusted execution: clarifications
See PR #2796
2.13. PR #2795: 2338 Nomenclature: node(), gnode(), xnode()
See PR #2795