[xsl] Preference rules for /something and /*

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi List,

I'm not sure if I get this right, so I'm asking here. If I have the 
following two rules:

<xsl:template match="/root" />
<xsl:template match="/*" />

I receive an "ambiguous rule match" error if the input matches the 
first. I figured, '*' is not very selective, so it should've conceived 
lowest priority (I know that a single '*' has prio -.5). What I'd guess 
is that I am having a compound rule here, similar to 'node/child' or 
'node/*' which both receive prio +.5, with the parent node being the 
document node. Am I correct? Or should a processor distinguish and 
select the first as having a higher prio (which intuitively seems more 
correct)?

Of course I can use priority='x', but I'm curious about the default prio 
here.

Thanks,
-- Abel

PS: the same happens when I over-specify the first rule, i.e.: 
/root[foo[bar='y']]