BaseX 12.1: The BaseXMas Edition

On 23/12/25 13:17, Christian Grün via BaseX-Talk wrote: > Thanks all for the valuable feedback on our latest major release. > BaseX 12.1 is now available, with more new and revised features than > planned. > Highlights include: > > RESTXQ > • improved local locking for resources supplied via arguments > > Storage > • PUT operations: replace or ignore existing resources > > XQuery > • Cache Functions: Store transient data in main-memory LRU caches > • Key/Value Store: All opened stores are now kept in main memory > • faster generation and conversion of sequences and arrays > • fn:load-xquery-module: retrieve module only once at runtime > > XQuery 4.0 > • Function declarations: The 'local' prefix can now be omitted > • Destructuring: let $($head, $tail) := ... > • Map construction generalized: { 1: 2, $map-entries } > • Pseudo path function: $xml/get($node-name) > • New node comparators (is-not, precedes, follows, ...) > • %method annotation replace by =?> operator > > For a more complete list of added features, visit our documentation: > > https://docs.basex.org/13 > > You can try the new XQuery 4.0 features online using the BaseX fiddle: > > https://docs.basex.org/13 > > Download the latest version from our homepage: > > https://basex.org > > Have a good time, > Your BaseX Team >

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025, at 07:17, Christian Grün wrote: > Thanks all for the valuable feedback on our latest major release. > BaseX 12.1 is now available, with more new and revised features than planned. > Highlights include: > > RESTXQ > • improved local locking for resources supplied via arguments > > Storage > • PUT operations: replace or ignore existing resources > > XQuery > • Cache Functions: Store transient data in main-memory LRU caches > • Key/Value Store: All opened stores are now kept in main memory > • faster generation and conversion of sequences and arrays > • fn:load-xquery-module: retrieve module only once at runtime > > XQuery 4.0 > • Function declarations: The 'local' prefix can now be omitted > • Destructuring: let $($head, $tail) := ... > • Map construction generalized: { 1: 2, $map-entries } > • Pseudo path function: $xml/get($node-name) > • New node comparators (is-not, precedes, follows, ...) > • %method annotation replace by =?> operator > > For a more complete list of added features, visit our documentation: > > https://docs.basex.org/13 > > You can try the new XQuery 4.0 features online using the BaseX fiddle: > > https://docs.basex.org/13 > > Download the latest version from our homepage: > > https://basex.org > > Have a good time, > Your BaseX Team >