Re: [xml-dev] XPath node-set order

> But it seems clear enough
> that in order to handle further predicates acting on a node-set, that
> the order of the nodes as encountered must be preserved.


No, not in the set, you can not for example store a set of ancestors in
a variable in "ancestor axis order". The predicates refer to teh order
in the current node list (which, being a list is ordered) but that is
not a first class object, it can't be stored in a variable or returned
as a result of an expression.

David

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