On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:10:38 -0400 Graydon Saunders via BaseX-Talk <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
If "method" is still an open question, I will admit to a fondness for a pattern where there is a map of functions and a data map (possibly at least one data map) and the method arises by relating the function map to the data map.
Yes, i filed an issue a while ago suggesting a "class" map that has methods, and a method call on an instance would search the instance’s lists of parent classes for the method to use. Mike Kay has responded to this with a proposal, but it is not yet fully fleshed out. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2390 -- Liam Quin: Delightful Computing - Training and Consultancy in XSLT / XML Markup / Typography / CSS / Accessibility / and more... Outreach for the GNU Image Manipulation Program Vintage art digital files - fromoldbooks.org