RE: [xsl] XPath 2.0 conditional expression syntax

Subject: RE: [xsl] XPath 2.0 conditional expression syntax
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:52:50 -0000
> Could someone explain to me why parentheses are needed round the
> condition in an if expression? It seems highly illogical to me.

XPath has no reserved words, so

if +2 < $x

is a legal XPath expression in which "if" is treated as an element name.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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