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Re: use of $foo/(//path)

Subject: Re: use of $foo/(//path)
From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:47:07 +0000
Re:  use of $foo/(//path)
On 04/02/2008, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   $actor/(//...)
>
>   What does the sequence constructor do for you here, as opposed to just:
>
>   $actor//...
>
> The former returns all relevant video elements in the document(s) that
> contains the $actor nodes.
>
> The latter selects all relevant video elements that are descendants of
> the $actor elemnts

Sorry David I've read that a few times and still can't see how you
would get different results - any chance you could explain it again
:0)

Maybe using a different example - unless the variable holding multiple
documents is significant?



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