Subject: [xsl] Re: thanks for answer, and ... From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:49:05 +0100 |
> > but one more question (you can reply to > the whole list OR privately, whatever you prefer): > > ** why don't I ever want to begin a match pattern with '//' ? because it causes strain on your fingers and keyboard typing two extra characters, but doesn't affect the elements that are matched. match="foo" matches any element foo that is the child of anything. match="//foo" matches any element foo that is a descendent of the root but these are the same thing. The only difference is that the default priorities in the two cases are slightly different, but if you are relying on priorities to disambiguate overlapping matches it's always clearer to specify the priority explictly. > another//fred > > but I don't really see that as a quantum leap forward. is it? sounds like you just want "fred" David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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