Re: [xsl] Is this about grouping ?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

At 01:26 PM 7/3/01, David wrote:
>Firstly the ./ at the beginning of a select expression never does
>anything

Except, of course, when it's part of a .// -- the crucial difference 
between these cases being much less subtle than it may seem. I think the 
fact that the difference between //node() and .//node() is so 
consequential, trips some new users into thinking node() and ./node() might 
be different, and they'd better "be safe" and say the latter. But the 
analogy is false, as a little research into XPath syntax and abbreviations 
will show.

Cheers,
Wendell



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