Re: [xsl] xsl:for or xsl:repeat

["Jon Gorman" <jonathan.gorman@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/24/06, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 01:21 PM 5/24/2006, I wrote:
> >This is all true, but there are times when <xsl:for-each
> >select="//node(position() &lt;= $number)"/> is just so far within
> >the safety zone that a purist solution seems, well, limiting in its
> >own way (since then we end up having to document the recursion, etc.).
>
> Okay, I admit that it has sometimes been said one must really
> document the position test as an artificial constraint on a count of
> iterations, as it really is so bizarre....

Just a quick, somewhat stupid question that probably won't come up in
any real practicality.  What if there is the need to iterate more than
there are nodes in the document?  My brain is a little scattered at
the moment, but  am I correct in that this solution limits by the
number of nodes in the document.  Granted, it would be rare case for
this to happen.  Just curious.

Jon Gorman