[ZPT] Mini proposal: repeat-define and repeat-condition
Evan Simpson
evan@4-am.com
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:33:23 -0600
Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Evan Simpson wrote at 2003-1-25 22:38 -0600:
> > options/adict/a;b
> > exists:request/form/a;b
> What is the semantics of ";" in the last two examples?
>
> I never saw a description of the operator ";" for these contexts.
In these contexts, it is not an operator, but part of a literal string.
Path expressions allow punctuation, among other characters, as part of
a path element. This is useful for dictionary lookups.
Cheers,
Evan @ 4-am