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RE: the nearest ancestor with the attribute
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute
- From: DPawson at rnib dot org dot uk
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:15:03 -0000
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> No. The "order" of an axis only "rules" for the step that it is in, ie
> it affects the meaning of position() and last() in predicates
> that occur
> in that step. It doesn't affect the constructed node set.
And the last step has the say on which way the nodes are used
for position() and last() in any predicate?
A/B/C[last()] then should mean that whatever axis is used in step C
determines if document order or reverse order is 'in play' for the
predicates?
Not forgetting any shorthand expansion :-)
DaveP
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