[xsl] nearest ancestor

[Stephane Bailliez <sbailliez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I have a problem with the nearest ancestor... and the conformance.

Say I have:

<AAA name="1">
  <AAA name="2">
    <AAA name="3">
      <BBB>
        <CCC/>
      </BBB>
    </AAA>
  </AAA>
</AAA>

and my xsl is

<xsl:template match="CCC">
  <xsl:value-of select="(ancestor::AAA)[last()]/@name"/>,
  <xsl:value-of select="(ancestor::AAA)[1]/@name"/>,
  <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::AAA[last()]/@name"/>,
  <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::AAA[1]/@name"/>
</xsl:template>

MSXML3 gives me 1, 3, 1, 3
Xalan (1.2.2/2.0.x) gives me 3, 1, 1, 3

Reading the 'nearest ancestor' thread a couple of months ago, it seems that
the expected behavior is xalan's (3, 1, 1, 3).

Can anyone confirm this and that MSXML3 incorrectly handles ancestor ?

Thanks for your input.

-- 
 Stéphane Bailliez 
 Software Engineer, Paris - France 
 iMediation - http://www.imediation.com 
 Disclaimer: All the opinions expressed above are mine and not those from my
company. 


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