Actually, the problem is simpler than I thought.
Here is a smaller test case:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:variable name="nodeset" select="." />
<xsl:value-of select="$nodeset[1=2]/" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The nodeset can be anything. The predicate can be any false predicate.
I think.
.robin.
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