On Sat, February 1, 2014 12:11 am, Graydon wrote:
...
> I still want a better syntax for using negated except in predicates,
> such as:
>
> div[not(* except (heading,para))]
>
> ("div elements which have only heading and para child elements" only
> it's really "div elements where none of the child elements are anything
> except heading and para")

div[empty(* except (heading, para))]

could make the intent a little bit clearer.

Regards,


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