Re: References in XPath that can be representedbyastringandstill can be garbage collected

> 
> > rules for the order of evaluation of expressions - all expressions.
> 
> Not all expressions.
> The rules are the same as for expressions deriving their 
> values from node identity.

I don't think so. For node identity, there is no issue with order of
evaluation, the only constraint is some strictness about evaluating an
expression the right number of times.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/