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On 9 May 2011 17:16, Stephen D Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com> wrote: > OK. But here is a newbie to XPath and in this case they > are using XPath with a particular version of .NET and its > built-in XPathNavigator. Are they going to be aware of the > huge difference it might have on the result of evaluating > their XPath expressions against some XML which settings > they use, 1) for defaults (perhaps not under their control) Its up to the XPath author whether they change the default namespace or use a prefix, and as most namespace confusion is around the default namespace then its best that newbies follow the advice: 'always use a prefix'. So just to be clear, even if the xml you are using has changed the default namespace - you can still use a prefix. > and 2) for bindings? How do they even do these bindings? That's an XPathNavigator api question. > Then what if they upgrade their code to a new version of > .NET. Hopefully nothing... but if APIs do change then you find out soon enough. -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com
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