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You're saying that just for a question of readabilty or clarity, right? However, i saw in many beginner tutorials the explanation of such xpaths and their abbreviations, so i think that's one of the things one first learn. Neverthless the result is the same... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:57:04 -0500, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not just because I guess it to be less bug-prone, but also because I think > it's more intuitively obvious, I have started using > > /descendant::Menu[$pos] > > as an alternative to the above. > > A lot of XSLT code ends up getting thrown at newcomers to maintain these > days. Part of my job is to make my code as clear as I can to people > starting with the language. It's a design, er, "wrinkle" that //node[$pos] > doesn't return what people guess it should (expect in buggy systems), > before they learn the gory details of the XPath productions -- and that > includes implementers. (I know this isn't the bug you found, but it's > nearby isn't it?) > > Cheers, > Wendell > > > ====================================================================== > Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com > 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 > Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 > Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML > ======================================================================
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