Re: [xsl] xslt2 grouping

[Andrew Watt <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:40 15/04/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#d5e12772 says
>
> The xsl:for-each-group instruction partitions a sequence into groups of
> items (that is, it establishes a set of sequences)
>
> A set of sequences.
> A set.
> But a set does not contain duplicates?
> - What definition of duplicate is used please?
>   say I use group-by="@x"
> With two members of the population being
>   <el x='2' y='3'/> and
>   <el x='2' y='4'/>  are they classed as duplicate members
>   of this population?

Dave,

No, I wouldn't expect them to be considered duplicates.

The XPath 2.0 spec indicates that each node has its own node identity. So, 
since these nodes each has a separate identity they are not, in my view at 
least, duplicates.

Andrew Watt




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