At 15:57 11/04/2003 +0100, David Carlisle wrote:
whereas
(ancestor::*)[1] gives you your first ancestor in document order, ie
your most ancient ancestor; Adam (or Eve) in some
cultures.
David,
Not quite, I think.
The (ancestor::*)[1] gives you the first ancestor in document order that is
of the principal node type of the ancestor axis i.e. an element node. But
it doesn't actually give the first ancestor in document order, which is the
root node.
At least that's my $0.02.
Andrew Watt
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