Subject: Re: [xsl] Putting a set input-nodes together under XSL 1.0. From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:04:06 +0100 |
> I'm not sure that's entirely true. Node-sets usually contain nodes from > the input document. RTFs, on the other hand, are created by the processor > on-the-fly as a separate "mini-document." So, unless a processor is > incredibly clever, it will have to copy the nodes from the input node-set > into the RTF, and that's never going to be the cheapest operation. yes building the rtf involves copying nodes (or building new ones) and is arbitrarily expesive depending on what you're doing but I just meant that th eopreration of converting an rtf to a node set is likely tio be cheap constant time thing that doesn't involve walking over the tree. > I do agree with you that the actual operation of converting an RTF > to a node-set is likely to be very cheap. which is all I meant to imply, sorry if I wasn't clear. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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