Re: [Exist-open] Version 1.4.2 "Function file:directory-list() is not defined"

[Fabian K. <koe...@fa...>]

Hi,

> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Dannes Wessels <da...@ex...>
> wrote:
> 
> > according to the documentation it has been renamed t, check
> > http://localhost:8080/exist/xquery/functions.xql
> >
> > the reason is to have it *consistent *with the 1.5/2.0/2.1/trunk
> > releases
> >
> > On Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 21:06 , Fabian Köster wrote:
> >
> >  I am using the directory-list function [2] from file module in my
> > XQuery-code and it worked fine with eXist 1.4.1.
> >
> > I recently upgraded to version 1.4.2 and it does not work anymore, I
> > get the following error:
> >
> >
> >
> we should have kept the old function there, maybe, but the code was
> rather...... open for improvements, which I implemented :-)

Yes, you should. It is a very bad idea to change the API between two
stable minor releases! Especially  if it is not mentioned by any word
in the release notes [1]. Maybe you should add a hint there.

Nevertheless, thank you for your help! I re-implemented my code to use
file:list, which has a different syntax, functionality and output.

Regards,
Fabian

[1] http://atomic.exist-db.org/blogs/eXist/Announcement142