RE: Filtering RSS feed with xsl based on presence of

> ...more simply?
> 
> <xsl:template match="item[description = ('word1', 'word2', 'word3')]">
>    .. process the item ..
>  </xsl:template>
> 
> Is there a performance advantage to the variable or is the 
> match pattern sequence optimized anyway (e.g. Saxon)?


Shouldn't make any difference performance-wise (both equally bad...). But he
said he wanted the word list in a separate place for maintainability.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/