Re: xslt performance issue position() function used in

Frans Englich wrote:

> When is the context item not redundant in a path expression?
> Some examples:

> ./a/b/c
> a/b/c/.
> a/b/./c
> a/b/././c

  All of these are the same.  The only case I know where two
expressions with and without "." as an entire NameTest have different
meanings is:

    //some/path
    .//some/path

  Of course, "." is usefull in other constructs, as in "path[. eq
'string']" or "path[f:pred(.)]".

  Regards,

--drkm





















	
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