RE: seeking clarification on node()

Hi,

> The documentation on node() is a little sparse. In 
> particular, I am not sure
> of the difference between the expressions child::* and 
> node(). I notice

node() is short for child::node(). child::* will select all child element nodes, while child::node() will select all child element, comment, processing-instruction, and text nodes.

> different behavior for these. The particular problem I addressed was
> creating a node list for a recursive template - child::* 
> works but node()
> doesn't.

Doesn't work how?

Cheers,

Jarno

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