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RE: the nearest ancestor with the attribute

Subject: RE: the nearest ancestor with the attribute
From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:15:03 -0000
RE:  the nearest ancestor with the attribute
> No. The "order" of an axis only "rules" for the step that it is in, ie
> it affects the meaning of position() and last() in predicates 
> that occur
> in that step. It doesn't affect the constructed node set.

And the last step has the say on which way the nodes are used
for position() and last() in any predicate?

A/B/C[last()] then should mean that whatever axis is used in step C
determines if document order or reverse order is 'in play' for the
predicates?
Not forgetting any shorthand expansion :-)

DaveP

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