Re: [xsl] Efficiency of xsl:number with the "value" attribute specified

["Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin at mitretek dot org>]

I meant, of course, that you aren't using number() to ***generate*** the
number in the first place (although you might still be using to to format
some existing number).

Tom P


> [Dimitre Novatchev]
>
>
> > I have heard of recommendations to avoid xsl:number if possible, due to
> efficiency
> > reasons.
> >
> > However, the processing of xsl:number falls into two separate distinct
> cases -- when
> > the number is already supplied in the "value" attribute, and when not.
> >
> > My question is should I be concerned (so much, or at all) about
> efficiency, in case
> > when I'm using the "value" attribute to specify the number.
> >
>

[Tom]
> If you are using the attribute value then you are not using the number()
> function, and conversely. There's no special problem about efficiency for
> using the attribute value, if the source document alrady supplies it.
>
> Tom P
>


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