Re: [xsl] the nearest ancestor with the attribute

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at cranesoftwrights dot com>]

At 01/01/18 16:03 +0000, Jeni Tennison wrote:
>Ken Holman wrote:
> > Note that attribute and namespace axes are *not* unordered (you can
> > index into them), just that the order cannot be relied upon. There
> > is an important nuance.
>
>When you say that the order can't be relied on, do you mean:
>(a) within a run of a stylesheet?
>(b) between two runs of a stylesheet?
>(c) between two XSLT processors?

Technically, any of the above.  If an implementation doesn't keep it 
consistent, that shouldn't have any effect on a properly written stylesheet 
(i.e. one that does not ever rely on the order).

>I'm pretty sure that it's only the latter; on a quick scan I can't
>find anything that says that the attributes must be in the same order
>even within a run,

Precisely ... it is totally up to the implementation, so the stylesheet 
shouldn't make any assumptions whatsoever.

.................. Ken

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