Subject: Re: [xsl] One-based indexes in XPath From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:29:36 -0700 |
> The woe for me however is having to counter the screams I'll no doubt get > from the library-developer (Javascript) users & also the hassle of > converting indexes on the external library side This is the least problem you might have. Be ready to explain why an xsl:variable cannot be modified... :) -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Justin Johansson <procode@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks to Colin, Michael et al. for your input on this issue. > > Personally I am not phased by 1 or 0 though I guess, after your advice, the > XPath 1-based idiom is the one I may as well favor in order to make for a > more seemless interface to my external XPath library. > > The woe for me however is having to counter the screams I'll no doubt get > from the library-developer (Javascript) users & also the hassle of > converting indexes on the external library side. Anyway the hit was going > to come from one side or the other (XSLT or Javascript) so I might as well > go with the XPath 1-based index idiom and get over it. Since a lot of the > library side uses Javascript native code for Array functions, that will > cost performance there but, oh well, so what; premature optimization is the > root of all evil as someone once said. > > Sigh & thanks, Justin Johansson
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