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RE: using xsl:key to generate list of back references
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- Subject: RE: using xsl:key to generate list of back references
- From: "Pawson, David" <DPawson at rnib dot org dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 12:29:58 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
: 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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