Hi David,
   I agree to your points. And I am willing to live (programme) by
these rules :)

On Feb 16, 2008 7:17 PM, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >  = and &gt; are two relational operators, and I think, that this fact
> > makes the default priority of these two patterns same.
>
> If you mean that's why you think they should be the same, i can't argue
> with that. But that isn't why they _are_ the same. the default priority
> assignment never looks that closely, any predicate has the same effect.
> consider foo and foo[true()]  for instance.
> xslt2 of course has several other overlapping node tests besides * and
> node() for example element() schema-element() etc.
>
> Best to view the default priority as a convenience that avoids
> mentioning priorities in the overwhelmingly common case of a template
> matching * and a bunch of templates matching specific element names.
> If you need anything subtle, put explicit priorities on (and choose a
> big number like 1000:-)
>
>
> David


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Mukul Gandhi