>That makes the (possibly false) assumption that the XSL processor
>encounters the elements in the order they appear in the document.

Nope. This is irrelevant to my concerns.

>What you want is that the output includes a number that is a function of
>the position of the input element. So you just need to specify what that
>relationship is, using xsl:number or, for simple cases, position().

That is not what I want, what I want is a number which is incremented
regardless of position and structural relationship. Please answer the
question, which is, can you think of a way of incrementing a number in an
element match without having that same number decrement on element exit.
Cheers,
Matt
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