Re: [XSLT 1.0] Q: recursively eliminate empty nodes

For XSLT 1.0, I created a table listing these:
http://lenzconsulting.com/how-xslt-works/#priority

There are only 6 patterns (not including their alternate "child::" or "attribute::" forms) that have a default priority of -0.5. That's because it's the only default priority level where no names (or steps or filters) are used. XSLT 2.0 adds a few more to the list with the ElementTest and AttributeTest forms.

I just noticed (from here: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#dt-default-priority) that in XSLT 2.0, "/" has priority -0.5, whereas it has +0.5 in XSLT 1.0.

  http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116#conflict
  "Patterns less specific than this (patterns that just tests
   for nodes with particular types) have priority -0.5.

I was surprised to see this. Maybe it has no practical impact (other than invalidating my easy-to-remember rule). Or am I missing something?

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