Subject: Does the count() function require access to the whole subtree?
From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:10:09 +0000
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A couple days ago Michael Kay wrote:
Inspection operations on an element are operations
that can be performed while positioned at the start tag.
Inspection operations include: count(), exists(), name().
Absorption operations are operations that require access
to the whole subtree.
Absorption operations include: string(), data(), xsl:value-of
Michael, doesn't the count() function require access to the whole subtree? How
would a count be conducted by sitting at the top of a subtree? Perhaps you
meant to say that the count() function is an absorption operation?
/Roger
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