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(: Test: fn-except-node-args-013.xq          :) 
(: Written By: Ravindranath Chennoju                             :) 
(: Date: Tue Jun 14 03:34:54 2005                        :) 
(: Purpose: arg: node & empty sequence                     :) 
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(: insert-start :) 
declare variable $input-context external; 
(: insert-end :) 
 
$input-context//author except ()