Subject: Re: [xsl] position last and attributes From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:23:54 +0100 |
> You are talking about position() and last() through the prism of the > XPath data model (or specification if it is more accurate to say > that). what prism are you using? > If you cast a data model in it's real light; as an imperfect > abstraction of the real world, then one can see how the imperfections > can lead to paradoxes such as being able to apply a function that has > ordering semantics to another construct that is intrinsically > unordered. Im not sure how else I can explain it. position() and last() are *not* related to the document order of the input document, they are related to the order of the constructed node list. > Let me give a different example. > > Where does a circle begin? haha what? -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com
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