Re: combine

[MURATA Makoto <mura034@attglobal.net>]

>This prompts another question.  Is it only the order-dependence of
>combine="group" that you dislike, or is there something else?  

I dislike the order-dependence.  I also think that use of combine="group" 
for refinement is entirely different from what users would expect about 
refinement.

>For example,
>do you dislike the fact that forests that match the original pattern don't
>match the new, post-combine pattern?  

No, I don't.

>If so, what about attributes?  

Addition of attributes by combine="group" is fine to me.

Cheers,

Makoto