Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xsl-list Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - [xsl] Patterns usage in XSLT template rules [Thread Next] Re: [xsl] Patterns usage in XSLT template rulesTo: Date: 5/2/2005 1:08:00 PM On 5/2/05, Ramkumar Menon <ramkumar.menon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry for not being clear enough, but I had meant to ask "why are > patterns like (foo) or (/child::foo) considered invalid patterns as > per XSLT specification ?" > Curious as to whether this kind of a pattern breaks any semantics of XSLT . > rgds, I'll let someone else step in to correct me if I get the language wrong, but: / or foo are nodes, while () indicates a function call. So "count(current())" or "count(foo)" would both be valid, because the current() in the first is a function, while the foo in the second is just a node.. Bruce | ||||||
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