Re: [xsl] top level params and xsl:attribute magic?

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

D'oh! I guess I was thinking of something like

count(ancestor::*|ancestor-or-self::*/preceding-sibling::*)

which might or might not be cheaper.

Just think of me as the guy in back asking stupid questions....

Cheers,
W

At 04:39 PM 1/20/2003, you wrote:
> > Just to be crystal clear -- why are you recommending the preceding::
> axis
> > here and not preceding-sibling? Won't the latter work as well and be
> less
> > expensive?
>
> The latter won't work because there may be more than one node having
> the same number of ancestors and the same number of (preceding and/or
> following) siblings.


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