stevedlawrence commented on a change in pull request #259: Incremental progress 
on schema compilation space/speed issue.
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-daffodil/pull/259#discussion_r301547953
 
 

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 File path: 
daffodil-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/daffodil/dpath/Expression.scala
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 @@ -943,155 +950,148 @@ sealed abstract class StepExpression(val step: String, 
val pred: Option[Predicat
     NodeInfo.ArrayIndex
   }
 
+}
+
+sealed abstract class DownStepExpression(s: String, predArg: 
Option[PredicateExpression])
+  extends StepExpression(s, predArg) {
+
   override lazy val inherentType: NodeInfo.Kind = {
     if (!isLastStep) NodeInfo.Complex
     else {
-      if (stepElement.optPrimType.isDefined) {
+      if (stepElements.head.optPrimType.isDefined) {
         // simple type, so
-        val pt = stepElement.optPrimType.get
+        val pt = stepElements.head.optPrimType.get
         pt
       } else {
         NodeInfo.Complex
       }
     }
   }
-
 }
 
-//TODO: Is ".[i]" ever a valid expression in DFDL?
+// TODO: Is ".[i]" ever a valid expression in DFDL?
+// Yes. For an array element, .[1] is the first occurrence.
 
-case class Self(predArg: Option[PredicateExpression]) extends 
StepExpression(null, predArg) {
+sealed abstract class SelfStepExpression(s: String, predArg: 
Option[PredicateExpression])
+  extends DownStepExpression(s, predArg) {
 
   override lazy val compiledDPath = new CompiledDPath(SelfMove +: conversions)
-
   override def text = "."
 
-  override lazy val stepElement: DPathElementCompileInfo =
-    priorStep.map { _.stepElement }.getOrElse {
-      //  no prior step, so we're the first step
-      this.compileInfo.elementCompileInfo.getOrElse {
-        relPathErr()
+  override lazy val stepElements = stepElementDefs
+
+  protected def stepElementDefs: Seq[DPathElementCompileInfo] = {
+    if (this.isFirstStep) {
+      val ecs = compileInfo.elementCompileInfos
+      if (ecs.isEmpty) {
+        SDE("There is no enclosing element")
 
 Review comment:
   What does this error message mean? I don't think I would know how to fix my 
expression if I saw this error message.

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