# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1155769592 0
# Node ID 110f90a0637c23f58a17f9f9f42415ae786529f1
# Parent  9df6f057efd36c0ae8b97d09561d552e89873b06
Report error when position predicates are used in XPath expressions (which is NYI).

diff --git a/markup/path.py b/markup/path.py
--- a/markup/path.py
+++ b/markup/path.py
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@
         assert self.cur_token == '['
         self.next_token()
         expr = self._or_expr()
+        if isinstance(expr, NumberLiteral):
+            raise PathSyntaxError('Position predicates not yet supported')
         if self.cur_token != ']':
             raise PathSyntaxError('Expected "]" to close predicate, '
                                   'but found "%s"' % self.cur_token,
diff --git a/markup/tests/path.py b/markup/tests/path.py
--- a/markup/tests/path.py
+++ b/markup/tests/path.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
         self.assertRaises(PathSyntaxError, Path, '..')
         self.assertRaises(PathSyntaxError, Path, 'parent::ma')
 
+    def test_error_position_predicate(self):
+        self.assertRaises(PathSyntaxError, Path, 'item[0]')
+
     def test_1step(self):
         xml = XML('<root><elem/></root>')