position() Problem with Lotus XML

[Ben]

I have a problem that seems to be a bug in Lotus XSL. Just as likely I
have overlooked a mistake of mine.

The following code reproduces the problem:

in the problematic line (s.b.), position()+1 is not evaluated. If insead
of 'position()+1' I put a fixed position (e.g. '4'), everything works
ok. If I just output the position of each element('<xsl:value-of
select='position()'>'), everything is ok, too.
I also tried this with a variable for the position (see second code
example). In this case, the variable contains the right values if output
on it's own, but not as used in the example.

Any ideas of what I might have done wrong? Or is this really a bug in
Lotus XML?

<xsl:template match="area">
<xsl:for-each select="section">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position() mod 2">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
</td>
<td>
<!-- PROBLEMATIC LINE -->
<xsl:value-of select="../section[position()+1]/@name"/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise/>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

Second code example:

<xsl:template match="area">
<xsl:for-each select="section">
<xsl:variable name="var"><xsl:value-of
select="postion()+1"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position() mod 2">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="../section[$var]/@name"/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise/>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>



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