Relax eXist functions that require parameter of type xs:anyURI to accept xs:string

[joewiz]

Description:

As discussed on yesterday's community call, this is a new branch focusing first on a single function.

Reference:

#4632

Type of tests:

No new tests yet

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[joewiz]

CI tests pass. Thus, this proves the concept. If we merge this we can begin work on others.

[joewiz]

... unless we want to wait on the outcome of qt4cg/qtspecs#480.

[duncdrum]

@joewiz is this still WIP? Could you rebase please

[joewiz]

@duncdrum Rebased. This is no longer WIP. Also the WG accepted my proposal to allow type promotion of xs:string to xs:anyURI, I'll take action to review the XQuery 4 PRs to see if they picked this change up or not. I suggest we close this and rely on XQuery 4 to handle this for us - letting functions declare their expected types as specifically as they need (e.g., xs:anyURI when they expect a URI) but happily accepting strings if that's what they receive.

[joewiz]

[This response was co-authored with Claude Code. -Joe]

@duncdrum — rebased onto current develop (was 156 commits behind). The CI failures were from staleness, not from the change itself. Let's see if CI passes now.

[line-o]

Happy to merge or close this PR @joewiz

[joewiz]

Thanks @line-o. With an eye to eXist 7 and XQuery 4, I'd say let's close this. The problem should take care of itself.