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> > Actually, I can't see why '/' would ever select anything when the > > context item is an atomic value, so why doesn't it keep it's pointer > > to the original root... > > We looked very early on at a design where there was a "context document" as > well as a "context node", and the context document changed when the context > item was set to a node but not when it was changed to an atomic value; we > decided it was so complicated to explain that it was better to take the > simple approach, at the cost of making users do what you illustrate above. That's a shame as that makes perfect sense to me. When the context item is an atomic value the context node could easily be the last actual node to be processed - conceptually I think that's easier to understand than having path steps fail because the context node has switched to atomic value...but at least I know the way I'm doing it is the only way, which is good.
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