Possible new key() function (Was: Re: [xsl] Finding the maximun number of nodes)

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

>   key('mykey', saxon:expression('. > $minValue'))

Most convenient would be:
key-greater(keyName, value)

Whether the following will be useful:
key-greater(keyName, nodeset-expression)

doesn't seem immediately obvious.


Cheers,
Dimitre.
 
--- Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > As for wishes for new features in the next versions of XSLT, it is
> > obvious that the speed of many such algorithms will be considerably
> > increased by using a modification of the key() function that
> returns
> > a nodeset of all nodes with value ***greater than given value***
> for
> > a named key.
> 
> If there was a variety of key() that allowed you to retrieve all
> keyed
> nodes (for example key() without the second argument), then you could
> do things like:
> 
>   key('mykey')[. > $minValue]
> 
> to the same effect, but yes it would probably be more efficient if
> the
> key value test could be done behind the scenes.  Something like:
> 
>   key('mykey', saxon:expression('. > $minValue'))
> 
> Adding this kind of functionality to key() would be useful for all
> those people who want to retrieve nodes with key values that *start
> with* something and so on, as well.


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