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package org.apache.jena.sparql.expr;

/**
 * Marker interface for a function that is "unstable".
 * That is, it isn't really a function.
 * <p>
 * A function returns the same result value when called with the same arguments.
 * Some "functions" do not obey this condition on functions; they look like functions but aren't.
 * RAND, BNODE, UUID, STRUUID
 * <p>
 * There are also "functional forms" that have special evaluation rule. These return the same value when given the same arguments.
 * These are "stable".
 * <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/#func-forms"></a>
 */
public interface Unstable {}
