Re: [dom-xpath] XPath or? (was RE: Announcing www-dom-xpath@w3.org)

Julian Reschke wrote:
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> It's a big restriction, because XPath variables currently are the most
> straightforward way to get arbitrary string into an XPath expression without
> getting into nasty quoting problems.

Implementing variables in DOM sounds like fairly heavy scope creep.
Would it perhaps be acceptible, and simpler to implement a quote()
method, maybe in DOMString?

Francis.