[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: Can sets have order?

Subject: Re: Can sets have order?
From: Oliver Becker <obecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 18:22:05 +0100 (MET)
Re:  Can sets have order?
> > This property follows from the fact that the body of the relation is 
> > a mathematical set; sets in mathematics are not ordered."
> 
> That (and private mail I've received) does it.  The pure mathematician (David) 
> wins that point.  In pure math, sets seem strictly not to have order.
> 
> > This is a rather significant point in his discussion.
> 
> Perhaps, but rather useless in the discussion that prompted the matter.

We know that
   ancestor::*[1]
and
   (ancestor::*)[1]
evaluates to different nodes if there is more than 1 ancestor.

Do you think it would be reasonable to assume, ancestor::* has some
intrinsic order? Would it help understanding XSLT?
I don't think so.

Cheers,
Oliver


/-------------------------------------------------------------------\
|  ob|do        Dipl.Inf. Oliver Becker                             |
|  --+--        E-Mail: obecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx             |
|  op|qo        WWW:    http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~obecker |
\-------------------------------------------------------------------/


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


Current Thread

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.