ancestor axis fails on attributes

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#38 ancestor axis fails on attributes

Status: open

Owner: Alain Couthures

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Priority: 7

Updated: 2010-08-11

Created: 2010-08-11

Creator: Leigh L. Klotz, Jr.

Private: No

Related to 3042659

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Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. - 2010-08-11

These fail:
<bind nodeset="@foo" constraint="../bar != ''" />
and
<group ref="@foo"><output ref="../bar" /></group>

parent axis and probably others do not work on attributes because parentNode is null; use ownerElement instead.

This bug appears to be pervasive and probably needs a better fix.

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Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. - 2010-08-11

assigned_to: nobody --> alain-couthures

priority: 5 --> 7
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Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. - 2010-08-11

Partial workaround for attribute ancestor axis and others.

p3.txt

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