Re: [relax-ng] Mixed and compact syntax

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>]

On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 01:51, James Clark wrote:
> 
> 
> >> No, either would be valid.  The point is that the <text/> pattern does
> >> match a text node as such; rather it matches ZERO OR MORE text nodes;
> >> "text" and "text*" mean the same thing.
> >
> > I got it, sorry. My confusion was a false assumption that a text pattern
> > outside a group couldn't affect something which is "within a group" but
> 
> It's interleave that changes this. For example

Yes, it's obvious when I look at the derivative algorithm. I don't know
why I made the assumption than a group of patterns could match only a
group of contiguous nodes. It's something on which I will need to
insists. 

Thanks

Eric
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