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> > In general, if you're not using the result of a function > but still want it > > called, then you should try to hoodwink the optimizer into > thinking that you > > are using it. If it's a Java method that returns void, call it as > > > > <xsl:sequence select="my:call(xyz)"/> > > > > or call it as > > > > <xsl:if test="my:call(xyz) = -1"><a/></xsl:if> > > > > when you know the result will never be -1. > > Of course, this still doesn't guarantee any specific order of > evaluation or even if the extension function will be called only once, > or am I wrong? There are things that give predictability with the current release of a particular processor, but there is almost nothing that gives predictability for all releases of all processors. With Saxon today, the order of execution of variable declarations is not easily predictable. But within a sequence of instructions forming a content constructor, they are always evaluated sequentially. Saxon tends to assume the worst case when rearranging expressions involving extension functions, for example it doesn't move them out of a loop, because it assumes that they might depend on the loop variables. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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