Re: [xsl] using mode in multiple template match conditions will improve speed?

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

	<xsl:template match="ANSWER">

you mean xsl:choose here
		<xsl:when test="@QTYPE='MC'">
			<div class="q_mc"><!-- different class names-->
				<xsl:apply-templates/>
			</div>
		</xsl:when>

unless you have very long lists its not likely to make so much
difference but an xsl:choose is almost certainly implemented by testing
each case in turn so expected time proportional to the number of
choices.

It looks like in this case you could do

	<xsl:template match="ANSWER">
	<div class="q_{lower-case(@QTYPE}">
				<xsl:apply-templates/>
			</div>
	</xsl:template>

which is a bit more processing on the instance (the lower case has to be
calculated rather than being a literal) but you avoid the conditional
processing decidibng which literal to use. Only way to see which is
quicker is to time it. I'd be surprised if the difference was
significant but I've been wrong before.

David

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