Are there any advantages with unabbreviated syntax ?
It's sometimes clearer, for example I sometimes use x[child::y] for
emphasis. I would expect most processors would handle the two syntaxes
identically - it's just possible that a processor might use some
optimization for "//a" that it doesn't use for
"/descendant-or-self::node()/a", but it's unlikely.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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e.g. When transforming, does it process faster? Is it more
standards compliant?
Below is an example of unabbreviated syntax
Abbreviated syntax: <xsl:value-of select="@number"/>
Unabbreviated syntax: <xsl:value-of select="attribute::number"/>
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