RE: [xsl] Finding the maximun number of nodes

Subject: RE: [xsl] Finding the maximun number of nodes
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:25:34 -0000

> Unless your XSL system is particularly smart, the count() version
> will force it to find every such node, so they can be counted,
> but the not() version will allow it to stop after it finds the
> first one.

Saxon does this optimisation (it's not particularly difficult) provided that
the argument to count() is known to be a node-set at compile-time. 

Mike Kay

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RE: [xsl] Finding the maximun number of nodes, (continued) Kay Michael - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:24:30 -0000 Dimitre Novatchev - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 03:43:05 -0800 (PST) David Carlisle - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:10:24 GMT Jeni Tennison - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:55:11 +0000 Kay Michael - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:25:34 -0000 <= Clapham, Paul - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:01:29 -0800 Dimitre Novatchev - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:38:42 -0800 (PST) Jeni Tennison - Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:18:39 +0000 Dimitre Novatchev - Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:19:52 -0800 (PST)

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RE: [xsl] Finding the maximun number of nodes, (continued)
- Kay Michael - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:24:30 -0000
- Dimitre Novatchev - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 03:43:05 -0800 (PST)
  - David Carlisle - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:10:24 GMT
  - Jeni Tennison - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:55:11 +0000
- Kay Michael - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:25:34 -0000 <=
- Clapham, Paul - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:01:29 -0800
- Dimitre Novatchev - Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:38:42 -0800 (PST)
  - Jeni Tennison - Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:18:39 +0000
- Dimitre Novatchev - Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:19:52 -0800 (PST)

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