Re: start//empty

[Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI <kohsuke.kawaguchi@eng.sun.com>]

> Shouldn't we prohibit start//empty?

I think you are right.


> We don't prohibit data/except//empty.  I think we probably should prohibit
> it. If we don't prohibit it, then I think we need to fix the (data 2)
> inference rule, because it doesn't work properly for
> <except><empty/></except>.

Does anyone have a case when <except><empty/></except> is useful?

How about

<data type="string">
  <except>
    <empty/>
  </except>
</data>

Can it be captured by another way?

regards,
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Kohsuke KAWAGUCHI                          +1 650 786 0721
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