RE: xpath confusion (compound xpath)

Dimitre Novatchev wrote:

(quoting S Woodside here)
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> The problem is here:
>
> >        <xsl:when
> >
> >
> test="/grammar/start/element/zeroOrMore/choice/element[1]//zeroOrMore//
>
> > *[self=current()]">
>
> You are testing if the current node has child named "self" and its
> string value is equal to the string value of the current node.
>
> Obviously, you wanted:
>
> /grammar/start/element/zeroOrMore/choice/element[1]//zeroOrMore//
> *[generate-id() = generate-id( current())]

Hmm... in place of "[generate-id() = generate-id( current())]", wouldn't
"[self::current()]" work just as well?  Or am I missing something?

-- Roger Glover
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