Re: [xsl] are multiple predicates same as boolean and

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I haven't seen programs using 3, 4 or more predicates.

I had a quick look at the stylesheets used in the day job and the most I
see was 11 (although it could be written with fewer, especially with
xslt2, but the predicates I found were originally written for xslt1 (but
used with xslt2 now)



> are excessively large number or predicates really useful? (the syntax
> allows that ...)

isn't that like asking if complicated expressions are useful?
they are useful if you need them, othewise they are not.

David


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