[xsl] The output of evaluating an XSLT transform is the same regardless

Hi Folks,

Is this statement true or false:

  XSLT elements that produce output can be 
  evaluated in any order.

Example: This XSLT produces two outputs:

   <xsl:text>Hello</xsl:text>
   <xsl:text>World</xsl:text>

Is this statement true or false: 

   The output will always be "HelloWorld" regardless 
   of which <xsl:text> element is evaluated first.

Is this explanation correct:

Explanation: the outputs produced by each XSLT element is placed in an 
in-memory "result tree." Their position in the result tree depends on the 
sequential order of the outputs in the XSLT document. Thus, this XSLT element: 

   <xsl:text>World</xsl:text>

occurs later in the XSLT document and so therefore it is placed later in the 
result tree. After the XSLT transform completes executing then the result tree 
is serialized to an output file, in document order, which result in "Hello" 
first and "World" second.

/Roger


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