parameters: (self, ctxt)
return_statement: return __tmp
docstring: Traversal function for the "preceding-sibling" direction
            The preceding-sibling axis contains the preceding siblings
            of the context node in reverse document order; the first
            preceding sibling is first on the axis; the sibling
             preceding that node is the second on the axis and so on.
docstring_summary: Traversal function for the "preceding-sibling" direction
            The preceding-sibling axis contains the preceding siblings
            of the context node in reverse document order; the first
            preceding sibling is first on the axis; the sibling
             preceding that node is the second on the axis and so on.
docstring_tokens: Traversal function for the preceding - sibling direction The preceding - sibling axis contains the preceding siblings of the context node in reverse document order ; the first preceding sibling is first on the axis ; the sibling preceding that node is the second on the axis and so on .
function: def xpathNextPrecedingSibling(self, ctxt):
          """Traversal function for the "preceding-sibling" direction
            The preceding-sibling axis contains the preceding siblings
            of the context node in reverse document order; the first
            preceding sibling is first on the axis; the sibling
             preceding that node is the second on the axis and so on. """
          if ctxt is None: ctxt__o = None
          else: ctxt__o = ctxt._o
          ret = libxml2mod.xmlXPathNextPrecedingSibling(ctxt__o, self._o)
          if ret is None:raise xpathError('xmlXPathNextPrecedingSibling() failed')
          __tmp = xmlNode(_obj=ret)
          return __tmp
function_tokens: def xpathNextPrecedingSibling ( self , ctxt ) : if ctxt is None : ctxt__o = None else : ctxt__o = ctxt . _o ret = libxml2mod . xmlXPathNextPrecedingSibling ( ctxt__o , self . _o ) if ret is None : raise xpathError ( 'xmlXPathNextPrecedingSibling() failed' ) __tmp = xmlNode ( _obj = ret ) return __tmp