> Michael Kay wrote:
> > It should add the attribute to every element, but you're 
> relying on a very
> > obscure features of the spec. (Which processor are you 
> using? Some are
> > better than others at implementing obscure features correctly.)
> > 
> > match="//*" ... has a higher
> > default priority than match="*"
> 
> That is, 0.5 vs. -0.5. (I think.) I can see default 
> priorities being an 
> obscure feature to users, but am kind of surprised they are 
> obscure to 
> implementors. ;-}

Well, for at least a year Saxon stripped off any leading "//" from a pattern
as noise before computing the default priority. Some things lurk so quietly
in the spec they take a while to be discovered. Thanks to this list, the
quirk is now well known, but there are implementors who aren't seen very
often on this list.

Michael Kay