It seems to me that something like this might be useful:

group-adjacent="my:deepEqualAdjacent(*)"


of course this only conveys the idea -- it is obvious that this isn't precise.


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:08 PM, G. Ken Holman
<gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 2013-05-12 20:00 -0700, Dimitre Novatchev wrote:
>>
>>      select="*" group-adjacent="string-join(descendent::*/local-name(),'
>> ')"
>>
>> this treats the following two fragments as belonging to the same
>> group, and I believe Ihe doesn't want this:
>>
>>  <B>
>>      <C/>
>>      <D/>
>>   </B>
>>
>> and
>>
>>  <B>
>>      <C>
>>        <D>
>>     </C>
>>   </B>
>
>
> Well spotted, Dmitre.
>
> How about something like the following to make the distinction, using a
> simple non-name character to attach the depth to the name?
>
>   group-adjacent="string-join(descendent::*/
>                              concat(local-name(),'$',count(ancestor::*)))"
>
> (untested)
>
>
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