23355 2013-09-25 15:58:12 +0000 Predicate with position() in incrementally consuming expressions is not allowed 2014-05-15 14:00:20 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT XSLT 3.0 Working drafts PC Windows NT CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 abel.online mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 93811 0 abel.online 2013-09-25 15:58:12 +0000 The following expression is currently not streamable: <xsl:for-each select="A/B[position() <= 10]"> ... </xsl:for-each> the reason for it being not streamable is that position is focus dependent and focus dependent functions make the whole expression free ranging. It seems reasonable to relax that rule for position(). 95285 1 mike 2013-10-24 08:55:06 +0000 I believe this is fixed in the latest draft. The position() function is now grounded and motionless: see section 19.8.8.9.