• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:12:11 +0100

> Assessing the<Item>  elements is easy; they just contain decimal values. Assessing the<Total>  element is probably impossible since it can contain any arbitrary XPath expression.
>

Eh? Given that there are dozens of XPath processors available in every 
shape and size, how can evaluating an XPath expression be described as 
"probably impossible"?

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • RE: Concerned about the increasing reliance on XPath
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>