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Re: Which patterns will select the root node?

Subject: Re: Which patterns will select the root node?
From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:30:56 +1000
gecko pattern
On 10/16/05, Oleg Tkachenko <oleg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Soren Kuula wrote:
>
> > Will any other pattern than "/" ever match the root?  I guess no,
> > because the only alternative will start with "//", after which you will
> > just have to add a step, and that will be a downward step.
>
> node() will match it too.

But not as a match pattern!

A match pattern matches when it is evaluated from the context of the
parent of the matched node. "/" has no parent.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

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