Dr. Kay, is this true only for Saxon-SA?
No, this optimization is also in Saxon-B.
MK
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com] ...
In Saxon, //bar is handled by an index, so exists(//bar)
should be quite fast after the first time (when the index is built).
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Welch [mailto:andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: 12 August 2008 10:34
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Cost of complex match patterns
Out of interest, given the match patterns:
match="foo[//bar]"
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