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Subject: RE: [xsl] XPath 2.0 conditional expression syntax
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:52:50 -0000
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> Could someone explain to me why parentheses are needed round the
> condition in an if expression? It seems highly illogical to me.
XPath has no reserved words, so
if +2 < $x
is a legal XPath expression in which "if" is treated as an element name.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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