Feature Request: OtherNodeExpr: SelfExpr

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't see from production [11] how I would write a test= value checking
for a particular node.

Consider:

   <xsl:for-each select="thing1|thing2">
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="{what goes here to test for thing1?}">
         ...processing for a thing1 element...
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         ...processing for a thing2 element...
       </xsl:otherwise>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:for-each>

Different patterns check for everything but just self:

   "thing1" - won't work because it relates to children
   "./thing1" - same as "thing1"
   "../thing1" - will be true for thing2 if thing1 is a sibling
   "ancestor-or-self(thing1)" - will be true for thing2 if there is a
thing1 ancestor

.... so, I think I need a pattern as follows:

   <xsl:for-each select="thing1|thing2">
     <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="self(thing1)">
         ...processing for a thing1 element...
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         ...processing for a thing2 element...
       </xsl:otherwise>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:for-each>

Am I missing something that is already there?

........ Ken

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