Re: [xsl] Xpath Syntax Issue

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2012-06-23 16:40 -0400, John A. Walsh wrote:
> This seems to work:
>
> <xsl:template match="pets/animal[species[normalize-space(.) = 'fish']]"/>

Which would be the same as:

  <xsl:template match="pets/animal[normalize-space(species) = 'fish']"/>

... which might be easier for someone maintaining the stylesheet to understand.

Of course the processor may optimize both expressions to be the same 
executing code, but from a maintenance perspective, keeping 
expressions simpler would have more benefit.

I hope this is helpful.

. . . . . . . . Ken

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