[xsl] Testing by counting or positional predicate

Subject: [xsl] Testing by counting or positional predicate
From: Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:51:03 +0000
David C. and I have both brought this up recently, but hidden away in
the depths of other messages and I don't think anyone has commented on
it. So, I was wondering: which is more efficient for testing whether a
$subset node set is a subset of a $superset node set?

  count($subset|$superset) = count($superset)

or:

  not(($subset|$superset)[count($superset) + 1])

Does it make any difference if the $subset is just one node?

  count($node|$node-set) = count($node-set)

or:

  not(($node|$node-set)[count($node-set) + 1])

Does this extend to testing for identity or is the unioned set so
small that it doesn't make any odds?

  count($node1|$node2) = 1

or:

  not(($node1|$node2)[2])
  
Thanks,

Jeni
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