RE: using xsl:key to generate list of back references

["Pawson, David" <DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

: Sebastian Rahtz

>Kay Michael writes:
> > Saxon allows:
> > 
> > > select="//ptr[saxon:has-same-nodes(., 
>key('targets',@target)[1])]">
> > 
> > which seems a little more elegant. Certainly using 
>generate-id() in order to
> > test for node identity is pretty clumsy.
>
>will it be much faster, do you think, having a dedicated "same-nodes"
>comparison operator? or just make for more readable XSL?

I can say fairly clearly that its about as readable as the previous example,
which I might categorise, on a scale of 1 to 10, as near 2?

a) Its obviously very usable/useful.
b) Its presently not very readable.

How to keep a) whilst improving b) ?

Regards, DaveP


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