Re: Change the value of global variables/params ??

> This is for performance as we are processing large XML documents.

yes probably ancestor:: is slower than using parameters If however
you know the xml:lang is always at the top, 
select="/*/@xml:lang"
then perhaps it is quicker to get from the input tree than from the
parameter. I don't know (and it depends on the implementation of course)

David


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