Andrew Welch wrote:

> Sometimes it's bit nicer to keep them separate:

> match="p[not(node())]"/>
> match="q[not(node())]"/>

  Yup.  And if the predicate is quite complex, one can always
encapsulate it into a user-defined function:

    match="p[my:predicate(.)]"/>

  Regards,

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