Re: FW: Re: Variable references in path expressions

Michael Kay wrote:

>I was thinking of a different case, $a/b() where the function b() returns
>three elements. In that case, b() must be evaluated three times, and returns
>three different elements each time. With a variable reference, however, the
>variable must be evaluated exactly once, and the same value is used each
>time. So the result is (<b1/>, <b2/>, <b3/>) or some permutation thereof
>(since these elements are not in the same tree, their relative document
>order is unpredictable).
>
Thanks Michael, Bas, Henry, and others who contributed.

I think my original question really come down to what the semantics for 
variable binding are; having this clear  means that everything else 
behaves as expected.

Later
Charlie