369925 - support current() XPath function in repeat

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 342857

(Core Graveyard :: XForms, defect)

Description

[Zdenek Hrib]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; cs; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Build Identifier: 0.7.0.1

would it be possible to support the XPath current() function to get access to the current node in the repeat cycle ? it should be intended for situations like:

<repeat nodeset="instance('selection')/item">
  <output ref="instance('one')/item[id = current()/id]/name" />
</repeat>

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.try to use current() function in the repeat cycle

Actual Results:  
use of current() function causes error

Expected Results:  
current() function would allow access to the curently evaluated node during the repeat cycle

Comment 1

[Zdenek Hrib]

Attachment: testcase

this testcase works without problems with the novel Xforms plugin for IE (after renaming to html extension from xhtml extension :-)

Comment 2

[aaronr]

Wow, talk about timing!  The fix for bug 342857 just got checked in today.  I tested your testcase with it and it works fine.  To use it yourself, get a trunk nightly (extension AND browser) dated tomorrow or later and set xforms.enableExperimentalFeatures to true in your prefs.

Note: this will not be available in any of our previews until the 1.1 spec reaches a stable state (like 'recommendation').  Or until we change our minds :-)

Comment 3

[Zdenek Hrib]

amazing ! in first place I apologize I have not found the duplicate first. I have tried to search the bugzilla for "current()" but I must missed it somehow :-(. The thing about XForms 1.1 is a pitty, especialy because some other engines support it anyway, but I understand your attitude.

thanx