Re: an xpath/xsl question: why must (a QName in an) argument be apathexpression?

[james anderson <james.anderson@attglobal.net>]

David Carlisle wrote:
> 
> > Yes. I admit, I did use an example from a dated xsl description. Please
> > do not be misled by the details.
> 
> yes function arguments are evaluated before being passed to the function
> so have to evaluate to one of the XPath types. A Qname would evaluate to
> the node set produced by selecting child element nodes of that name.
> 

Aha. Ok. So that is, in fact, the nature of the XPath-World. Still, I'm
surprised that QNames, as important as they are, then cannot be passed
to functions. So be it.


thanks...