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To: bob mcwhirter <bob@werken.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Quick Xpath
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:35:03 +0100
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Reply-to: Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>

Hi Bob,

> Howsabout given:
>
>         (//foo | //bar)[4]
>
> Would that be the 4th occurrence of either foo or bar, in document
> order?

Yes.

> That's just an implementational nightmare.

I can imagine, but unfortunately that's the way that it's defined in
the XPath Rec. Perhaps Mike and the other XPath implementers on the
list can share some implementation tips.

Cheers,

Jeni

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