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Re: [xsl] Does the count() function require access to the whole subtree?

2014-01-14 16:08:58
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Piotr Bański <bansp(_at_)o2(_dot_)pl> wrote:
But to speak of a node nested inside another... urgle. Sounds wrongish.


Yes, if we speak about *trees*

However, with *streaming*  the string representation of a descendant
node (and of whole subtrees) is actually, physically nested in the
string representation of the root of the tree (it is *physically*
between the start-tag and the end-tag of the root element).

As we are struggling to understand streaming better, it is good to use
terminology that is best reflecting the actual streaming -- thus
"nested" is a precise reflection of the real, physical nesting during
streaming.


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