On 5/31/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > .. nor this:
> >
> >     <xsl:number level="any" select="$footciteable"
> >
> > count="$footciteable/footnote|citation[not($footciteable/ances
> > tor::footnote)]"/>
>
> In this case Saxon is right to reject it. A pattern can't start with a
> variable reference.

Right.  I just should have figured out earlier that this suggested a
bug, since it inconsistently allowed the variable.

Oh well, at least we both know what the problem was now ;-)

Hmm ... I wonder if my other problem has some relation to this problem ...

Bruce