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Asked: 2026-05-18T12:15:01+00:00

xsl:apply-templates select=.[nodeTest] mode=somemode fails with could not compile select expression . I’ve re-read Abbreviated

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xsl:apply-templates select=".[nodeTest]" mode="somemode" fails with could not compile select expression.

I’ve re-read “Abbreviated Syntax” chapter in the specification and still don’t understand if it’s an implementation bug or an appropriate behavior.

self::node[nodeTest] of course works well.

Is it somehow specified that shortened self axis shouldn’t work with predicate?

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    Is it somehow specified that shortened
    self axis shouldn’t work with
    predicate?

    Yes, this is determined by the grammar rules of XPath:

    [20]    FilterExpr    ::=    PrimaryExpr  
                            |  FilterExpr Predicate 


[15]    PrimaryExpr    ::=    VariableReference  
                              | '(' Expr ')'  
                              | Literal  
                              | Number  
                              | FunctionCall

    As can be seen from these, PrimaryExpr cannot be ..

    This syntactic omission was corrected in XPath 2.0, where the expression .[someCondition] is perfectly legal.

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