RE: [xsl] Cost of complex match patterns

Subject: RE: [xsl] Cost of complex match patterns
From: Tony Nassar <tnassar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:26:32 -0700
Dr. Kay, is this true only for Saxon-SA?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
...

In Saxon, //bar is handled by an index, so exists(//bar) should be quite
fast after the first time (when the index is built).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Welch [mailto:andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 August 2008 10:34
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Cost of complex match patterns
>
> Out of interest, given the match patterns:
>
> match="foo[//bar]"

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