> Then I need a
> context-independent-counter, that doesn't care about
> the position, the level, or any other aspect of the
> current node's context.

No, you first select the nodes that you do need, then position()
will refer to the position in that list. You never _need_ an updatable
variable. Declarative programming languages have the same expressive
power as procedural ones.

David

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