Hi, first off - the spec isn't very clear:"A node test that is a QName is true if and only if the type of the node (see [5 Data Model]) is the principal node type and has an expanded-name equal to the expanded-name specified by the QName. For example, child::para selects the para element children of the context node; if the context node has no para children, it will select an empty set of nodes."
For me, that translates to:A node test is true .... otherwise it is an empty set of nodes. Since true in combination with otherwise, usually gives 'false', I assume that an empty set of nodes equals false.
However - the following illustrates it doesn't: <xsl:when test="preceding-sibling::kid = false()"> <xsl:when test="count(preceding-sibling::kid) = 0">When I use these in seperate files, but the rest is exactly the same - they produce opposite results.
Isolated testcase files attached.Maybe it's correct - but to me the spec leaves room to correct this unexpected behavior.
Since docbook doesn't have a container for everything, I find myself using these constructs quite often.
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