Re: [xsl] Filtering, xslt 2.0

Subject: Re: [xsl] Filtering, xslt 2.0
From: "Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:01:34 -0000
On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 12:34, David Carlisle d.p.carlisle@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, 2 Nov 2022 at 12:13, Dave Pawson dave.pawson@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You should use xs:string not xs:string* as if you passed in a sequence your later tokenize would fail.
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> I'd do
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> <xsl:param name="types" as="xs:string*"/>
> <xsl:variable name="typesseq" as="xs:string*" select=" tokenize($types, ', *') />
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> Then use the sequence explicitly rather than relying on the optimiser to avoid tokenizing on every use.
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>   <xsl:when test="type = $typesseq ">
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> David

Which seems to tokenize once rather than n times? Agreed more
efficient (not a concern with my use)
I don't understand
select=" tokenize($types, ', *')

The 'token' seems to be ,*
where I tokenize on , only?

Is that significant please?


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