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At 2012-05-25 16:55 +0100, Andrew Welch wrote:
I don't think "except" works because that would be everything before and after but not current.
Would "up to" cover off your concerns for procedural connotations?
What I don't like about "up to" is the use of the word "up" and readers for whom English is not their first language. They might think directionally up the tree.
. . . . . . . . . Ken
Re: [xsl] Diagram of XPath axes
Subject: Re: [xsl] Diagram of XPath axes From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:59:24 -0400 |
At 2012-05-25 16:55 +0100, Andrew Welch wrote:
On 25 May 2012 16:36, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On 5/24/2012 7:04 PM, Michael Kay wrote: >> >> I do wish we had an "until" operator, so we could do //* until (. is >> current()). You can do that of course with a recursive function. > > > I was just implementing that recursive logic, several ways, for an > upconversion project. > > So yes, 'until' would be great. Also for wrangling overlap, which has a lot > in common with upconversion.
Isn't 'except' pretty much the declarative version of 'until', which has procedural connotations?
I don't think "except" works because that would be everything before and after but not current.
Would "up to" cover off your concerns for procedural connotations?
What I don't like about "up to" is the use of the word "up" and readers for whom English is not their first language. They might think directionally up the tree.
. . . . . . . . . Ken
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