[xml] preceding-sibling::*

[Karanjit Siyan <siyan ncbi nlm nih gov>]

I have found that LibXML is incorrectly returning the nodeset in the 
XPath expression:

preceding-sibling::*

in document order instead of *reverse* document order.

So instead of

preceding-sibling::*[1]

for a given context returning the most immediate preceding sibling, it 
returns the preceding sibling furthest away from the current context.

Is this a known bug? Is there a fix for this?

I tested the expression under XMLSpy 2005 and it returns the correct 
order.


Karanjit Siyan