RE: [xsl] match taste

Subject: RE: [xsl] match taste
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:08:53 -0000
> 
> Ive just been writing a lot of matches of the form:
> 
>   <xsl:template match="node1//node2">
> 
> and started to think about if I should be writing
> 
>   <xsl:template match="node2[ancestor::node1]">
> 
> Im not sure which one is more readable, probably the former, 
> but is there any more technical reason for choosing one over 
> the other?
> 
In Saxon they will compile to essentially the same code, if that's any
help.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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