Re: document()-function, using 2 arguments

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman at CraneSoftwrights dot com>]

At 00/04/06 23:15 +0200, michael gruber wrote:
>Specification (12.1) says:
>"When the document function has exactly one argument and the argument is a
>node-set, then the result is the union, for each node in the argument 
>node-set, of
>the result of calling the document function with the first argument being the
>string-value of the node,  and the second argument being a node-set with 
>the node
>as its only member."
>
>Here we see three times the word "node". I think all of them mean that 
>node (resp.
>act. member of node-set) which is passed as argument.

Yes, I now agree with your reasoning and I appreciate that you took the 
time to create the example, as I misunderstood.  I've just updated the text 
for the next edition of my book and created an erratum for the current edition.

Thank you for your patience with me.

................... Ken

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