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Subject: RE: Interpretation of (preceding::foo)[1] From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:10:17 -0000 |
> If they are considered as expressions, then preceding::foo[1] is a > location path treated as an expression while (preceding::foo)[1] is > directly an expression consisting of the parenthesized expr > (preceding::foo) narrowed by the predicate[1], and the child axis > isn't applied, despite what the note says. > The spec is really trying to exercise your brain in this area, it says in 3.3 that "the predicate filters the node-set with respect to the child axis", purely as a device for ensuring that every predicate has an associated axis and therefore an associated direction. It's a peculiar way of saying that the nodes are filtered in document order, and has nothing to do with the nodes being children of any common parent. Took me a while to work out! Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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